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We just got a pretty major grant from a thing called Octant and the Ethereum Foundation to produce a documentary about the DOJ‘s case against Roman Storm.

Probably gonna get lynched for this, but I think we need to talk.

While we are grateful for every donation, over the past ~1.5 years we received noticably less donations in Bitcoin than we received in ETH, Zcash and Monero over the course of just a few months - while our main audience *are* bitcoiners.

The only way I can explain this to myself is that there seems to be an issue with the general mentality of trying to keep your bitcoin to yourself, which results in a significant lack of support for others - and it makes me really sad.

The way the Ethereum community is supporting the tornado cash developers is nothing short of extraordinary. Compare that to our support of Samourai, who collected a mere few 100k, while Roman Storm raised millions to fund his case.

At the same time we end up wondering why most people in bitcoin are retarded orange tie maxis that treat BTC like just another stonk, and why its use as a tool for the people falls more and more behind in the global narrative.

Its time we start taking better care of each other in this space, and I hope that next time one of us is criminally indicted, we support them with all that we have.
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₿eni₿idi₿ici · 16w
Interesting, thanks for sharing. Thinking past the proximate cause, I wonder if the fiat-like unlimited supply of something (like ETH) makes people more likely to spend to support causes they are interested in?
0xtr · 16w
Congrats on the grant nostr:npub1mznweuxrjm423au6gjtlaxmhmjthvv69ru72t335ugyxtygkv3as8q6mak!
Baerson · 16w
Really sad? Liar.
Rich Nost · 16w
Mission creep is the first subversion of community.
DrZhivago · 16w
Bitcoin maxis are not cypherpunk and are not market participants writ large. HODLing is a strategy for retards.