MDB on Nostr: Bitcoin infighting makes me lose a little faith in humanity. Since 2018, I have held ...

Bitcoin infighting makes me lose a little faith in humanity.

Since 2018, I have held Bitcoiners to a higher standard than most people.

Not because we were perfect, but because I believed we shared something deeper than price.

Proof of work.

Personal responsibility.

Truth over popularity.

Long-term thinking.

Sovereignty.

The willingness to stand alone when the crowd was wrong.

I thought those values would make us harder to divide.

Instead, the infighting has reminded me that Bitcoiners are still human.

We are still vulnerable to ego, status, fear, tribalism, social pressure, and the need to be seen as right.

Maybe that is the real psyop.

Not to attack Bitcoin directly, but to turn the people defending it against one another.

To make every disagreement feel existential.

To turn nuance into betrayal.

To replace honest debate with factions, purity tests, and personal destruction.

The protocol does not need to hate anyone to survive.

It does not need applause.

It does not need a tribe.

It simply keeps producing blocks.

Maybe our responsibility is to become more like the thing we claim to understand.

Less reactive.

Less emotional.

Less obsessed with winning social battles.

More committed to truth, patience, and proof of work.

Bitcoin may be incorruptible.

Humans are not.

That is why the human layer remains the easiest layer to attack.