When Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin, I wonder if he/they have ever taught that "it is not crypto". Cuz that's what the maxis say... Bitcoin is not crypto. Well, what the fuck is it then? Some alien form of money? No, it's not even money... yet.
The past "catastrophic events" in the crypto space have turned maxis into uber maxis it seems, plebs poorer than they ever thought they will be in crypto and us Hivers stronger than ever.
I love Bitcoin. I hold no sat, but I love it. I also love Norway, I no longer live there, but I love it. You have to have a decent sense of logic and you also got to be open enough to realize that you don't have to love just "what you own", or better said what you can put your hands on.
If I don't own Bitcoin that doesn't make me an altcoin maxi, but if you only hold BTC why the hell would you refuse to see the value in other crypto projects? It's true that there aren't many worthy of praise, but there sure are a few of them who fit the category of "working blockchains".
Yesterday @taskmaster4450 and @theycallmedan had a spaces talk on Twitter and I managed to stay tuned for about one hour or so and listen to their talk which was mostly Hive-oriented. Are these two Hive maxis for talking so damn long just about Hive? I wouldn't say that. They are invested in the project in many ways, but being open-minded and balanced human beings they get to see the whole spectrum of crypto.
@theycallmedan at some point said that if he starts to dig into almost any project out there, from a fundamental analysis perspective he can "destroy most of the crypto projects". The man can't be argued. Look at most of the projects and you'll see the majority has a premined, lots of them have a CEO, their blockchains can be halted and restarted(Solana), etc etc.
Does that mean that we, or Dan who's highly dedicated to Hive should dismiss everything in crypto and become a Hive maxi? I'd say not, because there are of course some well-designed and functioning blockchains that shouldn't be thrown in the same basket as LUNA and others alike.
@taskmaster4450 pointed out another important aspect related to the whole FTX saga that should be somewhere framed on Twitter so the plebs won't "spit towards Bitcoin" whenever an exchange falls, or the price simply tanks for any particular reason. The price is just a temporary valuation of an asset at a certain time, it doesn't define the asset.
So, Task said that we don't have to consult a chart to see that Hive is working... The witnesses are running their nodes, we publish content, curators are curating it, and transactions take place naturally. Hive is behaving the same now when the native token price is $0.33 as it did when it was $3.4. The blockchain somehow doesn't know the price.
It's us who are constantly checking on it and wrongfully judge the tech and our experience with it based on that. Again, this is not a Hive maxi post, although I could be called on. I am a daily active account for close to five years now. Hence I could say that to me Hive is better than Bitcoin, but I won't say that because, at the end of the day, we're probably here because Bitcoin is.
The takeaway of this shit post is that generalization of the crypto space is not gonna benefit anyone. We have to decouple from being the maxis of anything and focus on what we like instead of endlessly comparing each blockchain and bashing around.
However...
In order to own one Bitcoin you will have to pay close to $17,000 for a coin and you would also have to take it out of the exchange through which you bought it so that you can be sure it's yours. But, in order to create yourself a Hive account and be part of this society, cuz that's how I see it now, you basically need zero dollars. Someone can delegate you a few HIVE and you're good to go.
Unfortunately, Bitcoin is becoming the coin of the maxis while Hive is becoming the blockchain of the masses. Let us not forget that Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin as a circumventing tool of the crooked system and it is a technology that should help us gain our long-lost freedom(financial one included), but to some extent, Hive is doing some stuff Bitcoin can't. @theycallmedan also mentioned that you can't literally build anything on Bitcoin's blockchain, and it's true, cuz it was not designed for the builders.
Hive is, and it has created a place for the wild and free that are after freedom of speech, true ownership, web3 monetization of digital content, DeFi, gaming, and decentralized video streaming. It's for the builders. Again, I'm not saying Hive is better than Bitcoin, the comparison is futile, the same as the Bitcoin maxis praises are. Let shitcoins exist, I would say, let people experiment and after a while, the resilient ones will shine.
Have a great day people and see you next time.
Thanks for your attention,
Adrian
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