I joined Stacker News 48 hours ago and am immediately reminded of an uncomfortable truth about Bitcoin: a meaningful percentage of the community benefits more from gatekeeping than from actual adoption.
Calling builders “scammers” is cheap. Building companies, deploying capital, and taking risk is not.
Bitcoin doesn’t need permissionless money and permissioned culture. If your contribution is policing other Bitcoiners instead of shipping, you’re not protecting Bitcoin. You're a glorified hall monitor.
I’m a Bitcoin maximalist who operates in the real economy: M&A, private equity, startups to public companies. Bitcoin’s next phase is corporate, legal, and institutional whether you like it or not.
If that threatens you, good. It's time to reevaluate.
To those who are building and need real-world execution, I want to hear about it. Let's talk.
Bitcoin Lawyer Guy
Glad you're here Bitcoin Lawyer Guy. If you stick around long enough, you might find there is a reasonably-sized cohort of users who believe Bitcoin is money, and who use it as such.
Thanks Billy, I'll be here
I hope you post a lot about your inside look at how Bitcoin is integrating with the broader economy.
Great thought and will do! It's all in front of us.
you should link this post from your bio, or just include some of the key sentences there.
bios are always editable, unlike regular posts and comments, that can only be edited within ten minutes of posting.
I hope you find good results bringing your perspective to the community, and don't get discouraged by the sharp-tongued critics... ultimately anyone on this site has a fundamental shared incentive, despite their differences.
Appreciate that! I'm just getting started here.
Welcome fantastic take!
you should meet @siggy47 who is also a lawyer
I met him at a Bitcoin event recently. He's why I'm here.
Welcome to the party
-Bitcoin Alien Guy
Glad you're here! Looking forward to hearing more about your perspective and engaging in discussion with you.
Are we bullish?
Forever and always!
Great to see you here!
Thanks Siggy!