The strangest part of #Bitcoin culture is watching people swear they’re defending the protocol by refusing to actually use it. They chant “never sell” as if hoarding were some sacred duty, but then act surprised when the fee market dries up and the economic engine underneath the whole thing starts coughing like an old generator running on fumes and demanding jpeg syrup. They imagine they’re preserving purity, but what they’re really doing is starving the very incentive structure meant to keep the system adversarial, resilient, and honest. It’s like celebrating how pristine a highway looks when nobody drives on it — right up until you notice the maintenance crews have all quit, the asphalt is cracking, and the whole thing is one good winter away from collapsing into gravel.