This honestly makes me sad.

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2026-08-09T02:59:00Z

This honestly makes me sad.

I have been in Bitcoin almost as long as Luke may be exactly as long.

Luke has been one of the most important contributors to the project from the very beginning.

He has a natural strong bent towards contrarian and adversarial thinking. He tends to believe and act in the extreme.

I believe he cares about what Bitcoin is deeply and probably even sees the project as something that would protect against evil currencies in the digital age.

I agree with him on so many parts of why he is fighting.

This is not a minor loss to Bitcoin.

But Bitcoin is not about one guy.

Sigh.

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