This is totally unacceptable behavior! But pls don’t put all who use and advocate for Bitcoin (NOT „crypto“) in the same basket. There are many left leaning, progressives who understand Bitcoin as a technology that can empower human rights and be used against financial oppression by authoritarians.
How is the mission to educate going on this app? I absolutely respect you for trying.
On Twitter I am getting backlashed when I‘m speaking anti-Bukele, anti-Trump when I am on Bluesky speaking about Bitcoin nobody listens or it’s mostly the same anti-„crypto bro“ stuff.
sounds about right. I have no idea how to unprogram the tulip, ponzi, crypto bro bad takes that they learned from whomever. Now, they simply deny the utility out of spite because of a name they associate with it. its very unfortunate.
It’s sad because it keeps themselves and many disadvantaged people who really could benefit from using bitcoin.
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It will eventually progress from sad to hostile as bitcoiners go from “fools wasting their money on magic beans” to “just lucky” and finally to “morally bad, greedy people who should be punished for destroying the economy by hoarding wealth”
absolutely inevitable. Bitcoiners will be vilified by those who have not done the work to understand it.
Yep. I still have hope that this is the same as it was with the Internet in general. It was „only for criminals“ too and it developed into this tool for all. But the losing out is much higher and much more visible with BTC of course.
yes, the perfect lens in which to view the broken money we all use now. Those who did the work now to understand will greatly benefit from adoption of the timechain. Those later will still benefit once they make the jump, just not as quickly as those being early in the S curve.
Absolutely.
A millions times worse. Imagine the internet but it was also used by Trump and sons to crash the economy and cause the debt crisis, and also boiled the oceans for no reason other than spite, caused lethal noise pollution and by the way, drove electricity prices up. We've got to keep educating.
It really is a shame. I see a similar phenomenon as the Left is rejecting physical fitness and responsibility for one’s own health, embracing seed oils etc, out of reflexive impulse. Had a interesting chat with ChatGPT about tribal psychology in reference to it. It’s hurting them. ☹️
Unfortunately they've been fooled
And your group should be out there advocating against the fraud and political interference from the crypto bros.
If you dig a bit, you would find that Bitcoiners have been fighting against crypto scams since they have existed.
We are, but we face backlash as we are put in the same category as them by mainstream and the left. So our work and awareness about it is smaller. Cat bites its tail.
Of COURSE NOT!!
I mean Bitcoin itself is the anti-authoritarian tool! And yes: it’s its nature that it can be used by anyone. Sadly the greedy have discovered how to make centralized crypto copies by which they rip off people.
Bitcoin is mostly used by scammers and criminals, but go off.
A couple hundred million people in the world use Bitcoin. The vast majority of those people are not using it for scams or criminality.
It’s really a pity that you believe this BS. Just an example below: youtu.be/WH2ugTQtYTM
And by “this BS” you mean “the well documented use of crypto by criminals”? No one is arguing that crypto cannot be used for good as well. Meanwhile crypto bros are definitely evil. lawandcrime.com/analysis/the...
Agree. Buying political power is anti-democratic. I am definitely not on the crypto bros side. By pushing the „crypto criminals“ narrative you are negating that Bitcoin can be used for good. 25 years ago the story was that the Internet was used by criminals only too and yet here we are.
I'm not at all arguing that Bitcoin cannot be used for good. It can and has been used for some good. It can and has been used for evil as well. It's a tool, not a morality questionnaire.
You know how crime is actually way lower but it feels like it’s terrible because of the media? Same thing with Bitcoin, the little bit of criminal activity. .03% given transaction volume at >50B a day vs 4% in USD, criminals prefer un-traceable good old greenbacks.
The difference is that I see the bitcoin scams personally on the daily, with spam emails. Not to mention the crypto scams that are in the news because of this administration.
Where are you getting your information? There’s hard data out there, this isn’t a question of opinion. 0.14-0.40% of all bitcoin transactions are for illicit activities (varies by data source). 2-5 % of all US$ transactions are for illicit activities, that’s over 10x, by percentage!
You are confusing "crypto crime" and "scams and illicit activity with crypto." academic.oup.com/rfs/article-... www.chainalysis.com/blog/2025-cr... www.gao.gov/blog/virtual...
I was speaking of bitcoin specifically. Chainalysis is a credible source but you may have to dig a little to find bitcoin specific data. The article you cited lumped crypto, stablecoins and bitcoin together, and mentioned that bitcoin crime has moved to stablecoins. God, I would never defend …
…. “crypto” when it comes to crime. The vast majority (arguably *all*) of non-bitcoin “crypto” tokens are criminal scams by their very existence.
The original comment was someone defending Bitcoin/crypto from a comment which referenced "crypto bro." So yes, that's the point. Most crypto is scams and crimes. Bitcoin less so now, mostly because there are easier scams.
What a breath of fresh air. Nice to meet you Judith.
I’m familiar with @anitaposch.bsky.social’s work with bitcoin, it’s amazing. I have not seen her ever talk about other tokens or stables. Bitcoin really is separate and distinct from all other coins. I make it a point to dispel myths about it when I can, and I’m always happy to see good data.
The Oxford article was from 2019, I didn’t even look at it. The gao article also lumped crypto in with bitcoin.
anitaposch.com/bitcoin-and-...
When Pam Bondi says we have to shut Bitcoin down folks might believe you, but until then...
Bitcoin IS THE FUCKING POSTER CHILD FOR CRYPTO! WHY is the thread mostly BOTS (I ask, facetiously)..
Bitcoin was first and being copied. Thousands of cryptos were started to make money out of self interest. They are centralized and have no real value. I dislike them too. But shout louder.