Are Bitcoin Maxis Behaving like a Sh*tcoin Community?
Popular Bitcoin (BTC) proponents, Eric Wall and Udi Wertheimer, appeared on a recent episode of Laura Shin’s crypto-focused podcast, Unchained. Wall and Wertheimer are long-time supporters of the original cryptocurrency. The duo shared their experience in the BTC community, and about Bitcoin maximalism. Wall remarks on the early days of the Bitcoin community when the group would discuss various ideas in an open manner. The discussions were followed by a lot of constructive criticism as well. However, Wall noted that the community and the discussions have changed a lot as of today. Wall compared the present-day BTC community with that of a sh*tcoin community, i.e. the dogmatic response to any criticism. The duo spoke about the philosophy behind Bitcoin Maximalists. Wertheimer said that there are two types of BTC maximalists. One type is a reasonable maximalist, who is not all that interested in the space, and BTC does the job for that person. However, the other type of maximal...