Vlad’s framing misses a fundamental point about maximalism and about Bitcoin itself. If you define Bitcoin maximalism purely as a strategy to pump the price of BTC you are already setting up a straw man because you are ignoring the cultural and technical forces that underpin it. Maximalism is not primarily about short‑term price performance. It is about the belief that Bitcoin’s architecture, principles and monetary policy form the most robust foundation for a truly decentralized global money. Price movements are a byproduct not the mission.
The concern that Bitcoin is “struggling along” because we have not yet achieved universal self custody or ubiquitous merchant adoption is understandable but overlooks the reality that Bitcoin’s trajectory has always been gradual and often invisible to outsiders. This quiet growth is a feature not a bug. Protocol stability and cautious development mean progress is measured in years and decades rather than hype cycles.
Vlad’s framing misses a fundamental point about maximalism and about Bitcoin itself. If you define Bitcoin maximalism purely as a strategy to pump the price of BTC you are already setting up a straw man because you are ignoring the cultural and technical forces that underpin it. Maximalism is not primarily about short‑term price performance. It is about the belief that Bitcoin’s architecture, principles and monetary policy form the most robust foundation for a truly decentralized global money. Price movements are a byproduct not the mission.
The concern that Bitcoin is “struggling along” because we have not yet achieved universal self custody or ubiquitous merchant adoption is understandable but overlooks the reality that Bitcoin’s trajectory has always been gradual and often invisible to outsiders. This quiet growth is a feature not a bug. Protocol stability and cautious development mean progress is measured in years and decades rather than hype cycles.