> most people would call me a "Bitcoin Maximalist" (I also loved Ethereum).
I would not call you a Bitcoin maximalist. Ethereum is the opposite of Bitcoin.
> Bitcoin is not decentralized
false. Bitcoin mining pools are becoming centralized, but that is only block production. And miners are economically incentivized to include transactions because of the open fee market. Bitcoin validation is extremely decentralized. I run a node and I choose the ruleset. It’s so decentralized it takes years for a change to make it’s way in. Many argue Bitcoin is ossifying.
> nobody gives a damn about having ether.
Agreed. I’d rather own Apple stock.
> NOBODY WANT CRYPTOCURRENCIES
I want Bitcoin because I’m tired of my wealth being stolen through inflation.
In closing, you don’t sound like a Bitcoin maximalist to me. You sound like a cryptocurrency speculator that hasn’t done the work to understand what Bitcoin is.
> I want Bitcoin because I’m tired of my wealth being stolen through inflation.
I actually heard this many times but never understood the math behind this statement. Today is the day I dare asking. Do you mind explaining me like I'm 5 years old?
When the fed prints money they debase the currency. Debasement reduces the purchasing power of the existing currency in supply. This means the dollars I traded my time and energy for can purchase less. Bitcoin does not have this problem.
Thankfully bitcoin is less susceptible to the FED printing press and more to the whims of what someone like Musk is doing on the social media platform he just bought. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Your argument makes no sense.
> most people would call me a "Bitcoin Maximalist" (I also loved Ethereum).
I would not call you a Bitcoin maximalist. Ethereum is the opposite of Bitcoin.
> Bitcoin is not decentralized
false. Bitcoin mining pools are becoming centralized, but that is only block production. And miners are economically incentivized to include transactions because of the open fee market. Bitcoin validation is extremely decentralized. I run a node and I choose the ruleset. It’s so decentralized it takes years for a change to make it’s way in. Many argue Bitcoin is ossifying.
> nobody gives a damn about having ether.
Agreed. I’d rather own Apple stock.
> NOBODY WANT CRYPTOCURRENCIES
I want Bitcoin because I’m tired of my wealth being stolen through inflation.
In closing, you don’t sound like a Bitcoin maximalist to me. You sound like a cryptocurrency speculator that hasn’t done the work to understand what Bitcoin is.