The Road to Becoming a Bitcoin Maxi

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The term “Bitcoin Maximalism” was coined by ex-Bitcoiner and co-founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, as a derogatory term to refer to the rejectionist attitude of bitcoin users towards alternative currencies. Soon after, the term was hijacked by the very users who were targeted by it since they found it very fitting for the views they held.