Self custody is a spectrum not absolute. That is my point. 1 sat on a primal wallet is bitcoin. 1 share of a Bitcoin ETF is not bitcoin. Then there is everything in between. That’s a feature not a bug of decentralization. If you can use it as money it’s great. If you can control the keys - that is best. But hoarding bitcoin and accusing others of doing it wrong is hypocrisy while you spend fiat.

Jack and all the primal legend / OGs followed him there. After the hate on here (1 year ago) the posts of that account stopped and he stuck to X.

At what Bitcoin/usd price do you convert everything and never look back? This is the life changing question.

I short alts. So if you are holding, that’s me dumping on you. But my name is kindness and I’m true to my word. I’ll pay you back in zaps I found an unlimited supply. 🛸

just circling back — I deleted my Core node recently, but please don’t take it personally at all. Blockstream remains, in my view, your strongest contribution to the ecosystem — innovative, forward-looking work on scaling, privacy, mining, and more. The issue for me (and many others) isn’t you as an individual; it’s the structural form of centralization that’s emerged in Bitcoin Core’s development process, combined with the social layer around it: concentrated maintainer power, slow/closed review cycles, and a vibe that sometimes prioritizes certain voices or directions over broad consensus. I still respect the hell out of your work and cypherpunk roots. Curious if you see any merit in these concerns or ways the process could evolve toward more decentralization without losing security/stability. No hard feelings either way — just sharing openly.

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Not true I just sent him a sat.

Don’t let the ₿itches get you down.

Ya proof nostr folks shunned him. The fact that one of the biggest living holders of bitcoin is not a primal legend - yet posts consistently on a centralized app is a problem. Both sides are at fault. HODL culture is no better than tradefi.

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This is the centralization effect: the ego always wants more than the other. Power consolidates over time — the hero becomes the villain. @saylor is facing heavy fire right now from the Bitcoin community — his latest interview got heated, with him getting defensive and interrupting criticism of Bitcoin treasury companies like Strategy. Bitcoiners are calling him out on livestreams/podcasts for dodging tough questions on dilution, mNAV risks, and whether corporate HODLing truly builds the network. He stopped posting on Primal about a year ago (around late 2024, tied to community tensions highlighted in Jameson Lopp’s note below (most likely many others) The main issue: both sides are wrong. Pure HODL culture and self-custody alone isn’t the full way — it’s asceticism. ETFs and TradFi aren’t the way either — that’s hedonism, since shareholders don’t actually hold the Bitcoin. The answer is the middle path: full conversion to building the network through genuine self-custody and rejecting fiat spending in daily life. HODL culture gets cursed with spiritual materialism — attachment to BTC that doesn’t grow the network if you’re hoarding while spending fiat. You cannot serve two masters. Every transaction builds (or weakens) the network you choose. TradFi/corporate gets cursed with materialism. Players like Strategy lean into fiat wealth — motive is more fiat gains via leverage/debt, not pure Bitcoin adoption. They justify it to take part in the rules of the elites and get approval from the state. I believe if Saylor recognizes this amid the current attacks and reflects on the ego driving centralization, he could transform the Bitcoin economy for the better. If not, his ego risks destroying him — and dragging the narrative with it. Christ said: “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” Bitcoin is the kingdom of heaven… not billions in state-issued pseudo-money, nor leveraged corporate proxies.

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