What I hate about Bitcoin

I’ve been aware of Bitcoin since 2013, but really dove in around 2019. Read the books, listened to many podcasts, took the proverbial orange pill. And yeah, it changed me. It opened my eyes to how broken the fiat world really is. The manipulation. The decay. The illusion of value and progress. Once you see it, you can’t unsee it. Now I notice it everywhere. Architecture used to be expressive, human, beautiful. Now it’s cold and bland. Everything is gray boxes and copy-paste designs. Art, design, craftsmanship… all of it feels like it’s been optimized to the point of soullessness. There’s no care anymore. Just throughput. And here’s the part that really messes with me. Bitcoin is supposed to represent hope. A better system. A way out. But what I hate is how it’s made me hyper-aware of how blind and numb most people are. The system is crumbling around them, and they just keep scrolling. As long as the delivery app works and the next show auto-plays, who cares? Yeah, number go up. Great. But it doesn’t change the fact that I feel more isolated than ever. Most people don’t want to hear it. Most don’t even want to think. And honestly, sometimes I wonder if I took the wrong pill. Would I be happier if I’d just kept my head down and stayed asleep? I don’t know. submitted by /u/ItsDutchGettoChoppah [link] [comments]

Jun 3, 2025 - 05:10

I’ve been aware of Bitcoin since 2013, but really dove in around 2019. Read the books, listened to many podcasts, took the proverbial orange pill. And yeah, it changed me. It opened my eyes to how broken the fiat world really is. The manipulation. The decay. The illusion of value and progress. Once you see it, you can’t unsee it.

Now I notice it everywhere. Architecture used to be expressive, human, beautiful. Now it’s cold and bland. Everything is gray boxes and copy-paste designs. Art, design, craftsmanship… all of it feels like it’s been optimized to the point of soullessness. There’s no care anymore. Just throughput.

And here’s the part that really messes with me. Bitcoin is supposed to represent hope. A better system. A way out. But what I hate is how it’s made me hyper-aware of how blind and numb most people are. The system is crumbling around them, and they just keep scrolling. As long as the delivery app works and the next show auto-plays, who cares?

Yeah, number go up. Great. But it doesn’t change the fact that I feel more isolated than ever. Most people don’t want to hear it. Most don’t even want to think. And honestly, sometimes I wonder if I took the wrong pill. Would I be happier if I’d just kept my head down and stayed asleep? I don’t know.

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