Posted this over on Twatter but I'm seeing a lot of the same shit here on Nostr, so may as well post it here, too:
I've seen far too much of this smug, sanctimonious, virtue-signaling lately.
I'm a Bitcoiner... specially a Vegas Bitcoiner. A nobody in Bitcoin. I stack sats, run a node, run a meetup, and I'm heading to the conference this year like thousands of others. That doesn't make me "shitcoiner" or "tradfi grifter." It doesn't make me inferior. And it certainly doesn't justify the endless mental gymnastics and gatekeeping that's infecting our community.
Many of you have lost the plot.
Bitcoin was never meant to be a purity test or a social hierarchy where the loudest twatter accounts decide who's "in" and who's "out." Satoshi gifted the world "money for everyone" regardless of geographic location, status, or identity. He promised us decentralization. He promised us permissionless access and censorship resistance. He promised us a strict adherence to a predictable monetary policy. He promised us that we could have direct, exclusive control over our wealth.
But you'd think he promised some of you a superiority complex for simply buying the asset. The arrogant behavior, the dismissive attitudes, the need for control, the "always right" preaching... I have no doubt he'd be embarassed in how a lot of you act.
The same cypherpunk energy that gave us Bitcoin is being replaced by clout-chasing and performative superiority. If your version of Bitcoin requires looking down on others who don't meet your arbitrary bar, that's a YOU problem. Bitcoin doesn't care about your beliefs and opinions, your follower count or Interwebs street cred, or how early you got in. It cares about sound money, individual freedom, and voluntary participation. Come on, come fucking all.
As for those of you knocking Las Vegas. You can dislike the Strip, but it is a purpose-built entertainment and convention ecosystem that caters to damn near everyone. For us that live here, we've got zero state income or capital gains tax, world class dining and entertainment, endless activities, hour flights to most of the southwest for even more optionality, a relatively LCOL, and 300+ days of sunshine. I've read your moody posts and have seen pix of a lot of you... trust me, many of you could use the sun.
Finally, the conference is what you make of it -- whether it is in Vegas, Prague, or whatever town it's in. It's about finding some signal in the noise. It's about finding some alpha that you can't find hiding behind your keyboard. It's about reconnecting and spending time with the friends you've made along the way.
Maybe some of you never understood the plot. For those of you that do, I'll see you in Vegas at the happy hour I'm hosting, at Hotstyle Takeover, at the Club Orange party, at NOSVegas... be sure to say Hi!
Been hearing from a lot of event runners that they are having issues selling through tix for Bitcoin Conference week happening next month. BSN cancelled their kickoff party, Bitcoin Treasury Network cancelled theirs as well.
Between BTC plummeting since 10/10, the whole Core vs BIP-110 community fracture and treasury companies absolutely wrecking people that invested, especially Bailey's own Nakamoto, I guess one could expect it.
If you're coming in for the conference, the side events are where its at. So support the meetups (I'm hosting a FREE one), #NOSVEGAS,
@Club Orange events, etc.
You can find out more about them at the event list I compiled below -- if you're on mobile, access it through Google Docs app so the links will work correctly. There is a map at the top of the doc that you can bookmark so your Uber driver doesn't lead you astray.
EVENT LIST/MAP:
Google Docs
BTC 2026 Vegas
BITCOIN 2026 VEGAS (Map) Accessing via mobile device? Open in Google Docs app for working links. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29 5PM - BASE58 WORK(SHOPS) A H...
Course Catalog: 
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