Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) co-creator and Billy Markus, who is also known by his pseudonym Shibetoshi Nakamoto, on Monday took a swipe at hard-core Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) fanatics known as ‘maxis.'
What Happened: The comments were in response to a Twitter user who lamented that top players in the Bitcoin community were too one-dimensional in their focus and offered little else than criticism of other projects.
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"The thing with laser-eye maxis is they have no insight whatsoever to offer about bitcoin on their blogs all they talk about is how Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) is a scam, NFTs are garbage, moon landing was fake, yada yada yada not a word about Bitcoin so are they even bitcoiners at all?" said a Twitter user Udi Wertheimer.
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Why It Matters: In his response, Markus suggested that Bitcoin maxis fail to understand the "basics of how Bitcoin", or anything else, works. He also accused them of being “insecure” and projecting that insecurity onto others.
Price Action: At the time of writing, BTC was trading at $28,100 down 1.78% in the last 24 hours, according to Benzinga Pro.
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