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I started reading the article assuming it was an April fool's joke. After a bit into it, I thought it was not a joke. When the self-deprecation began, I was aga
by nadahalli 4y ago
I started reading the article assuming it was an April fool's joke. After a bit into it, I thought it was not a joke. When the self-deprecation began, I was again convinced it was a joke - but at the end of the article, I think this is not a joke. It's a rather good take on why Bitcoin maximalism is what it is.
Some degree of ETH-maximalism will be required in the future given the sheer number of pretender L-1 blockchains snapping at ETH's heels. Writing about BTC-maximalism sets the foundation for that culture.
- skybrian 4y agoIt seems that Vitalik decided to write the best defense he could of Bitcoin and publish it on April 1st. And that's the joke.
- bhaak 4y agoThat's a very Vitalik thing to do. For all the heat he gets from Bitcoiners I consider it a net negative that crypto split up into so many different camps. I wonder how the crypto space would have looked like if the Bitcoin space allowed people like Vitalik to work within it instead of being driven away.
- aaaaaaaaata 4y agoWhen you see Bitcoin and Dogecoin being staked on ETH contracts and services (now) I feel like we haven't lost!
- bhaak 4y agoYou're praising bridge contracts just a few days after a bridge contract has been drained by hundreds of millions of dollars? :) Also, who is "we"? Bitcoiners, Etherians, crypto people in general, or some other crypto group?
- aaaaaaaaata 4y agoNot every L2 is created equal.
- aaaaaaaaata 4y ago"The crypto space"
- namlem 4y agoMeta-irony, I love it