A Litecoin ETF. That's what the world was waiting for.

You guys remember Bitcoin City? 😂 😂

Last year I donated over $80,000 to Anita and OpenSats, and still people say I should’ve added more 'value' to the space. Bitcoin has been such a huge disappointment. I poured a ton of time into it, ran nodes for years, and in the end all I’m left with is emptiness and the realization that I never should’ve gotten involved in the whole crypto space. What a bunch of assholes—no morals, just greed and scams. I’m going to tell all my friends to pull their money out of Bitcoin and every other shitcoin. #Bitcoin #Ethereum #Solana #Crypto

Bitcoin. Aus dem Space wird nichts kommen.

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Duterte arrested. If you behave shitty, it falls back on you. Milei next?

As a Gen Xer I can only underline this: We mind our own business, We‘re older than Google, We‘re not the bigger person, Leave us alone.

I know Bitcoiners don't like Richard and think he's a scammer, but he has a point - or several points - here. Still dreaming of a world where Bitcoiners and Etherans can live together in peace...

Tell me, why Bitcoin will still has relevance 20 years from now. A system, that takes 10, 20 or more minutes to move my money from a to b - while there are several others, that can do the same - within seconds.

Watch live Lightning Network Graph Updates: http://185.170.58.134:9000/lnlive

I am „I started baking my own sourdough bread“ years old.

Stil not regretting having left/leaving the Bitcoin space. It remains a shady place.

Milei and $Libra: Pathetic. Ridiculous. Like a crypto beginner.

Did anyone try Proton Wallet?

ETHBTC 👀

El Salvador ditched Bitcoin for a penny. Let that sink in.

Goodbye, Bitcoin. After 10 years, I’m done. This is my last cycle, It’s time to move on. I bought my first BTC back in 2015 for one reason: greed. Pure, simple greed. Same in 2017, when I went all in and stumbled onto Andreas' talks. That led to a deep dive into the protocol, and later into the Lightning Network. I learned a ton about money, society, history, politics—I ran nodes, bought almost every hardware and tried out every software wallet, and leveled up my personal privacy. But in the end, I don’t believe—anymore—that anything truly groundbreaking will emerge from this space. There’s never going to be a "Bitcoin Standard," and honestly, thank god for that. Hyperbitcoinization? Not happening. That’s just a fantasy cooked up by a loud, delusional group in Bitcoin, with their “winner takes all” and "law of the jungle" mentality. Angry, young, inexperienced guys who want to burn everything down with zero idea of what comes next. The tribalism in Bitcoin? Yeah, I could never vibe with that. As an asset? Sure, Bitcoin did a 20x in 2020/2021, but then lost 80% right after. That's a terrible performance for any investment and not a stable store of value. Why would you risk losing 80% of your money just to end up where you started? I will turn 50 next year, and there is no room in my retirement savings for an asset that fluctuates so wildly in value. I can’t start over again. Anonymity on the base layer? Not happening anymore. And if it’s not anonymous, I don’t want it. So no thanks to Bitcoin on the base layer. Is a cryptocurrency that lacks anonymity really better in terms of privacy than PayPal and similar services? I can transfer my money back and forth in seconds with SEPA instant transfers. For free! Why wait for a block? As for the whole “not your keys, not your coins” mantra—let’s be real, if you still want to be in Bitcoin, you’re probably better off just buying it through apps and forgetting about owning your own keys. Hardware wallets? They’re clunky, ugly, expensive, and a pain to use. They never caught on, and once you’ve used them, they’re basically electronic junk. Acceptance? Nobody was using Bitcoin 10 years ago, and nobody’s using it today. Meanwhile, stablecoins seem to see much broader adoption. And in the end, what’s the point of all these cryptocurrencies anyway? Sure, you can move your money from A to B without government interference, great. But who really needs that? Some do, but most of us don’t. Any cryptocurrency can do that. Ethereum works fine without Proof of Work, and so do many others. Can we just admit that? Why cling to the old, slow system when newer ones don’t need massive amounts of energy and do the same job - which is to achieve consensus. Bitcoin is an ELECTRONIC peer-to-peer cash system. Do we need that? An electronic apparatus, spread across the globe, doing what? Writing a ledger while consuming a huge amount of energy. Everything is software these days. Why use the old, noisy, polluting apparatus when the new ones can achieve consensus without it - faster? Andreas once said, “Bitcoin is unstoppable.” Well, after 10 years of watching Bitcoin and its community, I disagree. I think it *is* stoppable, and honestly, I hope it’s not the future. Someone once said, “Bitcoin is an old man full of regrets” and I get it now. It’s a slow, inefficient database. And let’s be honest, many Bitcoiners are assholes with that infuriating captain hindsight attitude. Sure, there are great & lovely people—Anita, Andreas, Alex Gladstein, Troy Cross— but they are the same people that were around a decade ago. The overwhelming number of assholes in this space is crushing. That’s why so many people can’t stand Bitcoiners. And that’s never going to change, because Bitcoin won’t change. The community is too stubborn. Also: The wrong idols. Why are so many people worshiping the worst of the worst? Alex Jones? People celebrating Michael Saylor on *Fox News* with Tucker Carlson? Kneeling at the feet of characters like Javier Milei and other bizarros? Even though Bitcoiners call it the ‘truth bubble,’ they still cheer for the chronic liar Trump? It’s embarrassing. As a German with a bit of historical sensitivity, I’m naturally skeptical of loud, aggressive politicians who just want to tear everything down. And as a gay person, I can’t help but ask: Why are there no openly LGBTQ people in this space? Sure, there’s Anita, and I know of one conservative 🙄 lawyer from the US who came out, but that’s about it. Gays and lesbians are everywhere—so why aren’t they in Bitcoin? Well, I know why: because Bitcoiners are assholes, and they’ll weaponize it against you the second they can. Hell no, I’d never put a rainbow flag on my profile, not in this hate-fueled community. I'm gonna donate and support some people in this space. For the family. After that, I’ll leave the crypto space or switch to Ethereum/other chains. They go on about 'ultra-sound money' and other nonsense, but they seem nicer to me. All in all, I’ve come to the conclusion that the Bitcoin community is just not a very likable one. Peace & Love (because that’s what’s missing in Bitcoin)