The self importance behind this is staggering. As if Bitcoin needs him, or anyone else, to police who is allowed to participate in the network. The constant need to define an in-group, gatekeep who is a real Bitcoiner and talk shit about anyone integrating Bitcoin into the existing financial system is genuinely embarrassing. "Toxic" Bitcoin maximalism was never about gatekeeping the network, it was about recognising that Bitcoin is the only "crypto" asset with genuine value and utility. Somewhere along the way, these guys appointed themselves the authority on correct and incorrect use of a network explicitly designed to need no authority. Oh the sweet irony. Bitcoin becomes more useful, not less, when it is worth $10 million a coin and millions of businesses worldwide hold it as a corporate treasury asset. Self custody, corporate treasuries, ETFs, nation state reserves. All of it strengthens the network. Unfortunately for people like Kratter, they will need to accept that most of the Bitcoin in existence will end up in the hands of capital allocators. It's time to grow up and recognise the world for what it is, not for what we want it to be. For the record, Saylor has done more for Bitcoin adoption than any of you.
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People like @mattkratter do more to slow the growth of broad P2P Bitcoin use and self custodial Bitcoin than the “suitcoiners” they criticize. Their talking points are not relatable to the vast majority of people, and their disrespectful nature is a turnoff to most people that don’t already hold Bitcoin. I’ve never even interacted with Kratter and he blocked me and several other “suitcoiners” while falsely attacking our characters and intentions. These actions hurt him and the things he’s concerned about, and almost don’t matter for us. I’d simply ignore it & not comment if it wasn’t for the fact that I care about increasing adoption of self custody Bitcoin and P2P use & see his actions as a risk to achieve that goal. There’s some irony there… With regard to Digital Credit, I’ve never had a single investor bring up a concern from something said by Kratter or others in his circle. The unfortunate reality for them is they have a small echo chamber and little organic distribution. My conclusion from these interactions is that unless they change course in a major way and have an ego death, it will fall on our industry to teach the importance of self custody Bitcoin, using Bitcoin P2P, and running nodes, as I don’t think most of these critics are capable of doing it outside of their small circle. The good news is people like yourself and many others are up for the task. I’m up for it too. It’s important.

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Couldn't agree more. I actually see companies like Strategy and Strive eventually becoming the biggest promoters of self custody and advocates for people to run their own node. Bitcoin has value because people reinforce the values of the network... so who has a bigger incentive to keep it as such than the companies who own the most of it? I was always blocked even though I have never interacted with him personally. Says a lot.
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Well said. He used to make a positive contribution to the community but now it's just negative trash.
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The mission is too big to hold grudges. Hope he comes around.
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Bitcoin is for everyone. Except those people who use Bitcoin in ways I don’t like, or who support ideas I don’t like, or who work for organizations I don’t like, or who just say things I don’t like. Bitcoin is NOT for those people. And with respect to everyone who doesn’t understand what I’m talking about, Bitcoin is not for you either. GET OUT!
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Matt helped me to learn bitcoin a few years ago. But he had changed dramatically and become toxic so I stopped following and listening to him about a year ago
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Kratter is a fanatic. He’s always reminded me of a 17th-century Puritan — obsessed with purifying Bitcoin of everything that isn’t ‘pure’ enough. He even has that intense Anne Hutchinson look.
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👏 👏 👏 I admit I still am not running a node 😢 I can barely keep up with 3 business, 2 teenagers. 1 husband, 2 dogs, 7 (yes SEVEN NOW) cats, & 2 red footed tortoises.
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The Toxic Bitcoiner meme has done more to slow the progress of Bitcoin than it has to protect the core ethos of Bitcoin. Among them none are more toxic than Mathew. He’s the Goebbels of Bitcoin, the guy who finds his identity in a movement and assumes the mantle of “Decider of Whom is Pure Enough”. Its sad.
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Him and those like him are the exhaust as the train moves along. It's been that way since the beginning - they're useful and in many ways impactful during their time - but inevitably fail to evolve and quickly lose any semblance of credibility.
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He helped orange pill me but I stopped listening to him about a year or two ago when he started started shit talking Saylor
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It is astonishing they haven’t thought of hyperbitcoinization seriously, as if living in the modern world is so bad nitter.net/roubini18/status/20681…
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Agreed. He belongs to the 1% fringe extremists. Can’t have a reasonable and respectful conversation with this person.
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I hope he gets through this. Being in bitcoin a long time can make an intelligent person lose focus and eventually crash out We tend to want to blame others, an exchange, companies, or even a government. I would rather try to be cheerful and constructive. It's okay to disagree. But wishing failure upon others constantly and spreading FUD is tiresome
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Mathew Krapper💩🚽💩
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It’s quite obviously a combination of superiority complex mixed with inferiority complex. In a recent three hour podcast he spends the first hour name dropping every famous person he’s ever met. I think he sees these attacks as a way for him to finally become someone of note. It’s sad because he was already doing perfectly fine on his channel before his ego took over.
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Keep doing what you’re doing, digital credit is accelerating btc adoption, in fact nothing is working more than digital credit
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Wait... a gang of rabid monkeys screeching isn't gonna win over newbies?
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회사 운영도하랴 트위터 트롤들 교육들 하랴 바쁜 ceo
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You’re fucking insane, enjoy your lawsuits
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He is a Schrodinger
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too many fake bitcoiners in these replies
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Yeah he’s a fag
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