There’s something deeply misguided about the push to “simplify” Bitcoin by removing sats or re-denominating the supply from 21 million to 21 quadrillion. It’s framed as a UX improvement—but it’s not. It’s a slow-motion cultural erasure.
Bitcoin was never just about math. It was always about myth. It was always memetic. That’s why it spread.
The number 21 million is not just supply—it’s scripture. It’s the line etched into the stone tablet of Bitcoin. Just like “stack sats,” just like the Genesis Block message, just like laser eyes and the HODL meme—it’s part of a living narrative.
What makes Bitcoin powerful isn’t just that it’s hard money. It’s that it means something. That it carries stories. That it has history.
And history matters.
There are people who care about the blocks mined by Hal Finney. People who care about the sats from the pizza transaction. People who trace relic sats from the Silk Road or Block 78. People who collect and preserve these like they’re digital fossils—because they are.
These aren’t distractions. They’re not gimmicks. They are Bitcoin’s living archive. They’re what give the protocol a soul.
Sadly, most Bitcoin influencers ignore this. They care about price charts, ETFs, banks adopting BTC, and nation-state strategic reserves. And sure—that’s exciting. But what excites me more is that Bitcoin already has a deep and growing history. That it has stories worth telling. That it will be remembered.
A currency only 15 years old already has relics.
Think about that.
And now, just as Bitcoin is maturing into a cultural force, some want to erase the language we’ve built. Remove sats. Rewrite the supply. Break the memes. For what? Convenience?
No. You don’t fix what isn’t broken.
You don’t destroy what is sacred.
You defend it. You preserve it. You tell its stories.
Because that’s how Bitcoin lives forever.
GLACA / GLACA/PETER MOHAMED
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