Co-founder of BTC Media eleven years in the past, I’m captivated with the way forward for Bitcoin – and within the spirit of free speech and democracy on this election eve – I really feel compelled to share my first Bitcoin Journal opinion article. Weeks in the past our editor-in-chief, Aaron Van Wirdum, revealed his Take, “Trump Does Not Give a Rattling About Bitcoin,” and he invited submissions of a counter-take.
Our firm was based on the mission of hyperbitcoinization. Because the starting, educating Principal Road on Bitcoin has been core to our values. We’ve made nice strides. I consider Trump – as standing president – with pro-Bitcoin advisors, might considerably fast-track Principal Road’s embrace of Bitcoin, create the world’s most pro-Bitcoin financial system, and commute Ross Ulbricht’s sentence… a robust trifecta.
The resounding skepticism present in Aaron’s TAKE just isn’t a sentiment that I share; quite, I belief in Trump’s declared help for Bitcoin. His interior circle is filled with fervent Bitcoiners and people who have signaled help for Bitcoin: his kids, JD Vance, Elon Musk, RFK Jr., Tulsi Gabbard, Vivek Ramaswamy, Senators Lummis, Blackburn, Hagerty and Scott plus many, many extra.
As a newcomer to the Bitcoin house, Trump, like many, remains to be studying. I acknowledge and recognize his ever-student curiosity and want to completely grasp the way forward for cash. A U.S. president with publicity to Bitcoin, who surrounds himself with pro-Bitcoin advisors and insurance policies, is definitely a extra favorable different than the openly-hostile administrations of the previous and current.
In Aaron’s TAKE, Trump was chastised for failing to transact his personal bitcoin buy at a marketing campaign cease at PubKey – a Bitcoin bar in Greenwich Village; once more, there is no such thing as a stone to throw right here. I used to be elated that Trump accepted PubKey proprietor Thomas Pacchia’s invitation to make a marketing campaign cease (and as I perceive it, that was an invite prolonged to each V.P. Harris and Trump, with solely Trump accepting). The transaction was a gesture, facilitated by the neighborhood, and was a well-received and celebratory second for that small enterprise and for the worldwide community of Bitcoin companies which have struggled for this degree of acceptance by politicians.
Like others, you may be questioning if donations and votes are the driving drive of Trump’s curiosity in Bitcoin. Does it really matter what drives any of us as we try for a typical good? We’re a various neighborhood with numerous causes for embracing Bitcoin — whether or not a want for monetary sovereignty, an funding alternative, a sudden lack of ability to buy primary requirements throughout a protest, a mistrust within the current monetary system and, sure, even politicians looking for the Bitcoin neighborhood’s help by way of donations and votes.
The Bitcoin Group is aware of Bitcoin will flourish and thrive regardless of politics; nonetheless, not all points are apolitical. At Nashville’s Bitcoin 2024 convention (and the Libertarian Nationwide Conference), Trump acknowledged, unequivocally, that he’ll free Ross Ulbricht if given the chance as President. The Ulbricht household wants a miracle, and it’s Trump who pledges to ship it.
I had the golden alternative to satisfy Trump backstage at Bitcoin 2024 (alongside two robust, clever ladies – his granddaughter Kai and her mom Vanessa). I discovered Trump to be heat, humorous, and honest. I wholeheartedly welcome Trump to Bitcoin and recognize bipartisanship help in releasing Ross and our mission of hyperbitcoinization.
I encourage you all to vote this Tuesday, and to hitch Bitcoin Journal and Stand With Crypto for The Street to Election Day, reside from Las Vegas, this Tuesday, November 5, 2024, starting at 3 p.m. PST.
