On any given day on Crypto Twitter, It almost seems like some Bitcoin maximalists are more concerned with trash talking any blockchain that isn’t Bitcoin even if it’s cypherpunk technology meant to build parallel tools for value exchange and privacy that can’t be overseen or controlled by government and corporations.
It’s weird.
I know Joël Valenzuela (
Look at this:
These are just a couple of screen shots I picked up while scrolling. I could fill up some blocks with this shit.
I wonder if these maxis know we’re on the same side, fighting a common enemy: banks, governments and corporations who benefit from our data, control the algorithms to shadow-mute or straight up in-broad-daylight mute our content and freeze our bank accounts full of government-issued fiat currency that looses its value every year without fail.
Look at this confused MFer throwing pocket sand in the eyes of his fellow freedom fighters just because they use other blockchains too.
Look how angry he looks.
I just don't get it.
There are other protocols with real utility like privacy, speed, and decentralization that are saving humanity from control.
Privacy-focused chains like Dash, Monero or Zcash enable transactions that are nearly impossible to trace, unlike Bitcoin’s transparent ledger. Scalability solutions like Ethereum’s layer-2s or Solana’s high-throughput design address transaction speed and cost issues Bitcoin struggles with. Smart contract platforms like Ethereum, Polkadot and pretty soon VSC on HIVE enable complex decentralized apps, from DeFi to NFTs, which Bitcoin can’t natively support.
These aren’t just “shitcoins” chasing hype—they solve problems for specific users, and when these users use the protocols, they educate others on concepts such as consensus protocols, self-custody and asymmetric cryptography. By doing so, communities are forming and growing and we are seeing hubs with parallel economies where peer to peer electronic cash is being exchanged for goods and services.
Wasn’t that Satoshi Nakamoto’s vision?
Sure, there are plenty of rug pulls out there like Haley Welch’s Hawk Tuah coin. But just because scammers can use blockchain technology to scam people doesn’t mean every blockchain is shit.
There are amazing pieces of tech worth checking out.
No blockchain can do everything perfectly—trade-offs like security vs. speed or decentralization vs. efficiency WILL PERSIST.
Which is why “single blockchain to rule them all” is unlikely.
The real world demands flexibility. Interoperability lets each chain do what it does best, creating a network of networks rather than a winner-takes-all scenario.
