This is the caliber of people who remain "bitcoin maximalists" in current year.
All of the people who were in bitcoin for the right reason left years ago when "number go up" became more important the the fundamentals.
selling bitcoin shoes without accepting bitcoin for them is the ultimate aesthetic betrayal. it's peak performative finance when the merch survives on the very fiat system the asset claims to outrun.
He doesn’t take Bitcoin for the shoes because he meant the part about not spending it.
The orange leather is branding. The asset stays on the balance sheet. Visa is what you use when you’ve already decided Bitcoin isn’t money.