Sometimes looking at all this Core vs Knots drama, I have to wonder if bitcoin will even survive in its current form until the end of next year. Thinking out loud 🤔

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I disagree.

I don’t think this is being overblown at all. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again—this is an attack on Bitcoin, and a serious one. It’s not about UI, decimals, or helping users. It’s about fundamentally altering the way Bitcoin is perceived—psychologically, economically, and memetically. If we rename satoshis as “bitcoin,” we’re not simplifying—we’re redefining. We go from 21 million bitcoin to 2.1 quadrillion. And suddenly the price goes from $105,000 to $0.00105. Now imagine explaining that to the world. Imagine trying to sell the idea of digital scarcity and hard money, while Bitcoin appears to have a higher supply than most memecoins. That’s not just confusion—it’s narrative collapse. And the irony? Many of the loudest voices pushing this change claim to be maximalists. They fight memecoins by turning Bitcoin into one—on paper. A cheap, inflated, ultra-high-supply token indistinguishable from what we’ve spent years trying to distance ourselves from. You say it’ll be a nothingburger in a week. I say it will permanently fracture the mental model of the greatest monetary meme ever created. 21 million is not cosmetic. It’s the core. You don’t throw that away just to sell the illusion that Bitcoin is still cheap. This isn’t just bad economics. It’s psyop-level narrative warfare.

I’m not for this change but I think people are completely blowing out of proportion the consequences of this change. My guess is it would be a nothingburger after about a week of chaos

Gigi, I’d love to hear your deeper thoughts on what’s happening right now with this push to redefine Bitcoin’s unit—specifically the idea of renaming satoshis as bitcoins and effectively turning 21 million bitcoin into 2.1 quadrillion. This isn’t just some harmless UI preference—it feels like a deliberate attempt to reshape the language, distort the memes, and destroy the psychological clarity Bitcoin has spent 15 years building. You’ve written beautifully about the memetic power of Bitcoin before—especially in 21 Lessons. That power comes from the fixed supply, the story, the simplicity. This proposal undermines all of that. It feels like propaganda. Like a strategic effort to engineer confusion, reset price psychology, and reframe Bitcoin for commercial or institutional convenience. And the consequences could be massive. If the world wakes up tomorrow and sees that Bitcoin is no longer $105,000—but $0.00105, we’re not “simplifying”—we’re sabotaging. Would you consider writing a longer piece on this? I think the community needs it now more than ever.

i wonder what incredibly stupid thing bitcoiners are gonna argue about in 6 months from now

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