Talk:bitcoin maximalist

RFD discussion: January–July 2022
Looks SOP, or is this a different usage of maximalist? – Jberkel 00:12, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I think it's a sufficiently distinct phrase, unless you want to add a meaning to maximalist/maximalism
 * We define as "a tendency toward excess", contrasted with minimalism. So, you would use the word to describe a work of art that goes all out, or to contrast someone's lush luxurious lifestyle to that of an ascetic, for instance. On the other hand, the use of  in 'bitcoin maximalism' is more like "a belief in superiority" (similar to, perhaps, without as many negative connotations).
 * The entry is not much better. It provides two adjectival definitions, one of which applies to art and the other to science, and neither of which relates to . Moving on to the correct part of speech, the sole nominal definition, "someone who prefers redundancy or excess", does not capture exactly the right sense either; although bitcoin maximalists may tend to invest in their favorite crypto asset to a degree that others would call excessive, the core definition relates to a belief.
 * A bitcoin maximalist is not necessarily a crypto-rich bitcoin investor who lives lavishly, as the literal sum of parts would imply. 70.172.194.25 06:41, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Maybe the definition of / needs tweaking. I've seen the word used in other contexts, such as “metaverse maximalist”. And why shouldn't there be Ethereum maximalists? – Jberkel 08:55, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I agree that if can be expanded to encompass that sense then  would probably be SOP. Although perhaps I could see a case for keeping it and saying the others are derived by analogy, since AFAIK that was the origin of this specific genre of compounds (à la WT:JIFFY). 70.172.194.25 09:03, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Ok, I'll take a look at expanding these entries. – Jberkel 10:24, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I've overhauled, and there's nothing which directly suggests the usage in . The phrase is attributed to , who is of Russian origin, so perhaps it's a reference to one of the political senses related to Russia. – Jberkel 11:21, 20 January 2022 (UTC)


 * I question the definitions at bitcoin maximalism. While a bitcoin maximalist may indeed believe bitcoin is superior to other cryptocurrencies or to money, I think that's only one effect/aspect of what the term seems to mean, which is a view that bitcoin should be used for as much as possible (which necessarily entails thinking or claiming bitcoin is better to use for those purposes than other cryptocurrencies, etc). No? And this sense of maximalism obviously predates bitcoin; you can just as well have a maximalist view of states' rights vis-a-vis the EU, etc. Our entry on maximalism needs to be expanded. - -sche (discuss) 00:55, 20 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Delete, SOP, whether you have expanded these two pages  and  or not. Fay Freak (talk) 19:48, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I'll leave it to someone else to maximalize those entries. – Jberkel 07:16, 22 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Deleted. - -sche (discuss) 18:55, 5 July 2022 (UTC)