That explains a lot. Every day of 2017 was a day of bitcoiners suffering psychological attacks on every level from the mainstream media to our own "trusted" companies like Coinbase & BitGo. They took over forums like bitcointalk and r/btc. These guys were all so pernicious it felt like a real war at times, because they could just not act in good faith. That kind of focused energy against you takes a toll.
All of that split off into bitcoin cash and we were so happy for them to fork away into their own insignificant coin... Until, of course, they started declaring that Lightning is dead to everyone who would listen. And that trend has lasted several years now, typically as a tactic to swell BCH's ranks.
