10 sats \ 2 replies \ @xz 12 May \ on: Maxis lost the plot bitcoin
Ascribing some meme to put people in boxes is not really helpful either, gen zee, x, boomers, big blockers, huge knockers.
Roger Ver was never my hero, but also I've never wished any harm upon him. Maybe people couldn't care less because other people are also getting in trouble that have been building with the core tenets of Bitcoin, a peer-to-peer electronic cash system in mind.
NGU ≠ GNU
Everyone's a critic, expert/guru, idiot.. are David Gerard and Amy Castor exceptions?
There are groups of people who define themselves as something, a lot of maxis describe themselves as that: maxis.
I wasn't around when Roger was "Bitcoin Jesus", but it's terrible to see people happy that he is going to jail, ceasing shitcoinery is more important than fighting the estate it seems.
Exactly, NgUs are equally as idiotic, but at least the GNU guys had, and still have some principles, the NgU maxis are becoming the new cryptobros, blinded by money and thinking anyone else is an idiot.
No, Amy and David are no exceptions, my point is that maybe they were right about their position on some Bitcoin users, and if they are right about these people, its means that these people are completely wrong.
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Yeah, I guess that's true. People like to describe themselves as these things too. I didn't mean to say you were pigeonholing them. Yeah, I think lots of people got into NGU and later found based principles. I'm no different.
I looked up who you were talking about. You and they are probably right about people picking the wrong most important issue to rail against. I try not to think of things in terms of wrong and right. I imagine that it's difficult for some to let go of the idea that it's some kind of karmic justice for a charlatan. I was just watching from the sidelines during that time, very much the NGU boy you describe. Hopefully we all grow and change.
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