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Nic Carter: setting the record straight (or a eulogy for bitcoin maximalism)

k00b

That's a long blog post.

I liked his attitude early on, it seemed like he 'got' Bitcoin. Nowadays I am a lot less interested in his point of view; he's a VC and in some ways a lot more of a banker/financier of the traditional world than a bitcoiner. As such, of course he's a lot more open minded about altcoins, stablecoins, appcoins whatever.

What's clear is, he certainly doesn't represent bitcoiners, albeit he for sure knows a lot about it.

> I’ve never toed the line on standard Bitcoin ideology. I’ve never been intimidated by orthodoxy. For instance, back when s2f hype was at its fullest, I criticized the model with a detailed article. The hardcore maxi crew almost universally worshiped the model. 

"Maximalism" is a term invented by Vitalik to promote a viewpoint. There are lots of loud people on twitter talking a lot of rubbish but that has precisely nothing to do with Bitcoin itself. S2F, even less.
