Bitcoin is suffering because too many Bitcoiners have abandoned every principle they once claimed to stand for, and now bootlick every conman or politician who gives them even a shred of attention. Every politician has rugged them so far. Every single one. And still, the next fraud will show up tomorrow, say a few flattering words about Bitcoin, and the same fools will fall for it all over again.

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not totally sure what's better for bitcoin, those who want to control it, or those who want to outlaw it
Not true. The real bitcoiners are still here. The ones that sold out or crave attention are in it for the wrong reasons. The sovereign ones haven’t wavered, we just don’t broadcast.
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astromara 3 days ago
And it doesn’t help that there are ‘bitcoiners’ aiming psyops at the folks who actually want to build, soaking up their time and sanity so they don’t. That’s not white hat, that’s a soft attack.
What about a bot that scrapes X for old posts simping for absolute wankers? I’d dig it.
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unSATiated 3 days ago
At first it suffered because no-one got it. Then because of those abandoning Bitcoin for "crypto". Then because Bitcoin "doesn't scale". Isn't this just the latest round of self-correction?
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fade2 3 days ago
I don't think suffering is correct Bitcoin is struggling, but that is the nature of it. If we aren't struggling, something went awry.
this happens with everything. the midwit class of Airport hotel conference goers chase consensus and the illusion of wealth. They cannibalize anything of real value into an empty simulation of the original, and claim they are the experts who discovered it. Wall Street is full of them.
Its not just politicians. Bitcoiners became so accepting of anyone that said nice things about bitcoin that they can't even tell they're tolerating shitcoiners, scammers, and grifters.
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R 3 days ago
I only care about actions, not promises. The actions of this current crop is that they have left me alone to stack in peace without making me an enemy of the state. There is a different group that was in office that was actively trying to harass me and tried to get my company to eliminate me from the workforce. Therefore, I’m pretty happy with this crop of representatives. I’d never change my behavior on the promises of politicians or corporations…. I’m unruggable.
Bitcoin is "struggling" ... - because a bunch of OGs dumped on the classes of 2020 to 2026 - because the devs pushed through controversial, unnecessary, and unpopular changes at the peak of the market - because it has been less compelling and less interesting to the average person than AI - because it's price action has not defended people from money printing over the past five years these are unpopular on nostr but are more true than whatever this post is View quoted note →
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Jude 2 days ago
Put your hand up if you’re a bitcoiner who doesn’t give a fuck about what the suits say 🤚
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Jude 2 days ago
The suits are in their shitcoin era. Think 2017, they’ll get it once they need to (like a hard fork, crisis, etc)
I am sharing the ways in which to test the spirits and know our own emotions to make better decisions in building along with quitting on betrayal of the self. It can help in bitcoin and all areas of life.
Go back to self custody , start building outside their system, create business that doesn't rely on their money. Learn barter and trade
Partly true but not entirely.
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I am bullish on Bitcoin. - DATUM / Ocean decentralizes Bitcoin mining - 20%+ of the Bitcoin network are Bitcoin Knots nodes - BIP 110 limits big data / spam that abuses Bitcoin on consensus level - Compromised Core are exposed - Citrea, OP_NET and other shitcoiners and spammers are exposed - Ordinals spammers / scammers got rekt - Shitcoins are getting rekt, normies are learning that shitcoins are centralized created out of thin air slavery casino gulag scams - Geopolitical tectonic shifts that require sovereign money and Bitcoin is The Greatest Sovereign Freedom Money on planet Earth - Bitcoin Plebs are stacking sats and using their Bitcoin - Merchants accepting Bitcoin are increasing in numbers Bitcoin Plebs hopefully protect Bitcoin's Culture and Values as they are heavily under attack. This is a must for Bitcoin Freedom Money. Bitcoin node runners are the soul of Bitcoin. View quoted note →
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Cavern Harpy 2 days ago
the people you are referring to are not bitcoiners they are binos
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Roboto 2 days ago
I think it is just manipulated. If they can manipulate oill they can manipulate Bitcoin. Bitcoin is with out doubt the most important thing for humanity. It protects us from need to participate in the fiat system which is very inhumane.
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Hynek 2 days ago
True, but it’s more healthy to focus on building 🫡
Thats why we Monero. Todays Bitcoiners are the weak normies your grandma warned us about.
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Kush 2 days ago
Truth… we should know better and do better
If the FED starts easing again (aggressively) and Bitcoin doesn't moon I'm out. It's been 6 years of pure frustration tbh.
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#fuck_jews 2 days ago
It's a jews-to-holders issue We need to drive jews off bitcoin Then less pumps -> more steady climbs More fanatics -> less fintech bros
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Zinnmaster 2 days ago
We watched with sadness all our kings and queens Fought for ten decades for the fiat they made We shouted out, "Who killed the Bitcoin?" When, after all, it was you and me Use Bitcoin = Bitcoin Freedom
Bitcoin was created to remove the need for trusted intermediaries, yet many people keep looking for political saviors. How many times does the same cycle need to repeat before Bitcoiners stop trusting promises and start demanding results? 🤔🟠
Abdicating custody creates suffering through stagnation and games, or is the path to being rugged on ANY time horizon
Run a node and use bitcoin as money. Teach others about bitcoin. Dc will always be corrupt.