The Dark Side of the Bitcoin Rush ⛈️
After years of meetups, conferences, and working with Bitcoiners, my conviction in this community has only grown. When you can truly save—without fear of confiscation—people become more independent and future-oriented. The result is an unusually optimistic, hopeful culture 🌈 .
Lately, though, something has shifted. What few say out loud is this: we’ve drifted into a free-for-all where the scoreboard is:
“how much Bitcoin you have on the other side of this monetary revolution”.
Some of the original ethos—freedom, privacy, mutual support—has been eroded by a Bitcoin-rush mindset. With a fixed supply and only a small portion left to be mined, the pressure is on: Everyone is racing to accumulate as much ‘cheap’ Bitcoin as possible today—before the world catches up to this monetary revolution.
You can already see the symptoms: reputations monetized in short-sighted ways, low-effort products and courses, paid shills, rug pulls—and on the labor side, underpaying people desperate to work “in Bitcoin.”
Do real due diligence. Understand incentives. Protect your time and your keys. Don’t be the sucker at the table.
What changes have you noticed in the culture since 2024–2025?
