This is part 2 (of at least 15) in my series on personal disqualifiers/issues when looking for a BTC wallet. In this post I’m going to discuss why if your wallet supports shitcoins, I really have no interest in it.
Shitcoins are a distraction
Shitcoins are a distraction whether you know it or not, and therein lies the beginning of the harm that shitcoins do to a user and to overall UX when added to a wallet. The presence of shitcoins in a Bitcoin wallet is confusing and misleading for new users at worst, and a distraction/nuisance at best. Let’s take a second and pour out some liquor for all the people out there who’ve sent their Bitcoin to a LTC or BCH address.
To those of you thinking that there’s plenty of perfectly good crypto wallets out there, remember that I’m not writing about disqualifiers for “crypto” wallets. I’m writing about my disqualifiers for Bitcoin wallets. To me, having shitcoins in your Bitcoin wallet is pretty dire, shows a lack of focus/misaligned priorities, and is almost always an immediate disqualifier. BTC is what I’m interested in. Seeing a wallet with support spanning 1001 shitcoins feels quite a bit like seeing a restaurant with menu items spanning 1001 different cultures — nothing’s usually done particularly well, and you very well might come to regret this decision.
BTC is What’s Up
Whatever noise you might make about your preferred shitcoin and its supposed features, remember that BTC was the First of its kind. There’s something to be said about pioneering something. There’s a real value proposition in that (for me, at least) and Bitcoin does useful things. The Proof of Work (PoW)system works, and continues to prove its durability year after year. The first true peer-to-peer electronic cash system is Bitcoin. Bitcoin is is uniquely intriguing as a Store of Value, and as a Medium of Exchange. I’m not trying to waste time learning about or seeing shitcoins in my wallet.
And that’s the end of that chapter.
