On the contradiction at the heart of Bitcoin advocacy
![A pumpkin pie with a slice missing. The pie has been overlaid with a pie-chart, in which the pieces are labelled with an icon of a confused businessman, a dollar sign, a circle with the word “NEW!” in the middle, and a “lotto” logo. The tin beneath the missing slice reveals a section of a glittering Bitcoin.](https://i0.wp.com/pluralistic.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/7fac3-1-excxejy7notwrqvktiwmw.png?w=840&ssl=1)
When you write critically about blockchain, Bitcoin, speculation, NFTs and DeFi, you get an earful back. Advocates for these things are…well, aggressive is a polite term for how many believers respond to critiques of their financial/philosophical/political/technological project.