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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 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.



It seems that Vitalik decided to write the best defense he could of Bitcoin and publish it on April 1st. And that's the joke.


That'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.


When you see Bitcoin and Dogecoin being staked on ETH contracts and services (now) I feel like we haven't lost!


You'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?


Not every L2 is created equal.


"The crypto space"


Meta-irony, I love it




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