Part 13/18:
The Cultural and Social Aspects: Disagreeability, Toxicity, and Openness
The dialogue covers how Bitcoin’s culture attracts extremes—disagreeable, rebellious, and sometimes toxic personalities—by design. GG explains that Bitcoin’s core operates in opposition to traditional authority; therefore, its community often embodies traits resistant to control, hierarchical thinking, and conventional authority structures.
He criticizes demands for politeness or “niceness” in the community, asserting that the uncompromising nature is rooted in Bitcoin’s ethos. He calls out that Bitcoin doesn’t need to cater to any social politeness; it exists as an unyielding force of protocol and robust economic incentive.