Most of the maxis are old bitcoiners. In those times was quite hard to dismiss Bitcoin, only if you were a real ignorant or really busy with your hamster life.
In 2012, april I think, I went to buy some beers with 20 bucks in my pocket. On the way I met an old friend, that start talking about how he mine BTC (that time was still possible to mine with a GPU). So he ended by selling me 1 BTC for those beer money.
I went home and start reading more about Bitcoin, he indicate me to read the Satoshi's papers, so I did. My first thought was: damn... this is exactly what I was looking for to FUCK THE BANKS.
So I read and read and start reading the bitcointalk forum etc. I also start mining with a GPU, then with those Antminer USBs. I was fascinated by all the documentation and what can be done with Bitcoin. I NEVER STOP BELIEVING IN BITCOIN because I knew what is Bitcoin.
My wife asked me where are the beers and I said: I drink them with a friend. I never told her I bought "funny money" :)
So no, I never dismiss Bitcoin.
WRONG. Most toxic maxis are new bitcoiners that camouflage their insecurity with being toxic.
Old bitcoiners are chill because they know Bitcoin is inevitable, don't need to be toxic since they have logic based arguments and know that calm convincing reaches more people than toxic circlejerkig which only reaches edgelords.
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Common parlance is that all maxis are toxic maxis. I believe there is a difference, and rather than recognizing it as an insult its better to to adopt it and redefine it as simply one that believes bitcoin is inevitable over any alt or fiat. This business of alts being immoral, well I'll agree with you there about toxic insecurity. People are going to make the wrong decisions, and some will admit it when they see the light in regard to bitcoin v.s. alts. It takes wisdom, or apathy, to allow people to make mistakes rather than trying to be a white knight and saving them from themselves. Better to be humble in your knowledge than to judge others for their lack of it.
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Agreed I'm a maxi (=Bitcoin only) but I'm not toxic (=meet people where they need to be met).
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half pregnant...
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Good to have people like you. Personally, most people that I meet that are into cry-pto have all the information they need but still lick the boot and want those sweet fiat gainz.
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Yes! #74889 Sorry I feel like I'm shilling my own post but look I wrote about this but like from the perspective of someone being toxic to becoming more chill.
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I was "chill" and not saying anything from 2012 until 2020. I wasn't active anywhere online, just reading and learning. But from 2020 I decided to come out and speak loud and fight against the plethora of shitcoins and people defending this disease. I said, enough is enough, I cannot handle this shit anymore. That's when you became "toxic", when you defend Bitcoin with all you have.
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I believe Saylor when he says the 'swarm of hornets' is a feature and not a 'bug'
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