The Maximalism of Christ — and the Pretend Saviors of Bitcoin There’s a strange phenomenon in Bitcoin culture: People talk like maximalism is a virtue — as if being loud, absolutist, and chronically online is some kind of spiritual discipline. But Christ’s “maximalism” wasn’t about yelling on Twitter or declaring everyone else a heretic. His maximalism was radical self-sacrifice, accountability, truth, and responsibility — the absolute standard of integrity. Bitcoin maximalists often imagine themselves as saviors of civilization: “We will fix the money, save the world.” But saving the world isn’t about posting memes, gatekeeping debates, or flexing purity tests. You can’t save the world by identifying with a technology. You only change the world by changing yourself. Christ’s maximalism demanded: Purity of action, not purity tests Truth lived, not truth signalled Sacrifice, not self-importance Stewardship, not ego inflation Compare that to a typical Bitcoiner’s feed: endless tribalism, dunking, narratives about being “chosen,” and moral superiority based on asset choice. They like to pretend they’re saints of sound money, when in reality most are just disciples of number-go-up eschatology — a digital prosperity gospel. Bitcoin doesn’t need saviors. It needs builders, engineers, validators, researchers, quiet competence, and people who understand that integrity is a lifestyle, not a hashtag. Christ inverted power. Bitcoiners often seek it. Christ broke the tables of corruption. Bitcoiners argue on Nostr about who is holier while mempool policy burns. Christ’s maximalism was pure — maximum truth, minimum ego. If maxis want to be “saviors,” they should start by saving themselves from their own illusions. Because salvation — in code, in economics, in morality — doesn’t come from maximalism. It comes from verification. #bitcoin #BitcoinChrist #Christ