So this Bitcoin critic's “Peter Schiff” created A Bitcoin Donation tweet

[tread93]

In life you have to play the long game. And Mr Peter Schiff is doing so. He's a renowned Bitcoin critic yet at the back of his mind, he has to have some Bitcoin incase he is wrong and Bitcoin wins. Well, Bitcoin is already winning obviously from his tweet without mentioning Trump's stance on Bitcoin and it's effect already. I find the people who are donating to him and interesting set because what is their reason for donating to someone who has literally being against Bitcoin for many years?

It's honesty pretty ducking funny and what a hypocrite after talking so much shit. Peter should apologize to the bitcoin community for being fake as fuck! Lmao. Now he is asking for handouts, don't sent this fool money let him buy his own he can afford it!

[hd49728]

It's honesty pretty ducking funny and what a hypocrite after talking so much shit. Peter should apologize to the bitcoin community for being fake as fuck! Lmao. Now he is asking for handouts, don't sent this fool money let him buy his own he can afford it!

It can be a most ironic story and donation in history but we can not do anything. People who donated bitcoin to Peter Schiff are responsible for their actions and donations.

I don't know what Peter Schiff will do with received donated bitcoins with his announcement of closure of the birthday donation. It will be a big slap to donators if he says something like

"Thank you all for your bitcoin donations. Now I show you that with me bitcoin is shit and I will sell bitcoin for purchasing more gold bars".

Whatever he will say and do next, his donation call is unacceptable.

[peter0425]

In life you have to play the long game. And Mr Peter Schiff is doing so. He's a renowned Bitcoin critic yet at the back of his mind, he has to have some Bitcoin incase he is wrong and Bitcoin wins. Well, Bitcoin is already winning obviously from his tweet without mentioning Trump's stance on Bitcoin and it's effect already.

He obviously knows what has been going on in the world and it is obvious that bitcoin is now being adapted by not just the US government but all over the world. How long has been a bitcoin critic? He should know that this is not even bitcoin's first time of "winning" or just having a bullish cycle. Bitcoin has been proven to be reliable and profitable. What else does he want to be convinced???

I find the people who are donating to him and interesting set because what is their reason for donating to someone who has literally being against Bitcoin for many years?

People may consider this a form of bullying since he keeps saying he hates bitcoin or something along those lines. This is smart maybe I should tell everyone how much I hate bitcoin and post my wallet address and everyone can throw me their bitcoins hoping to piss me off. He should not be given much attention, if we are being honest.

[EluguHcman]

Change is constant that is why I will always say enthusiasts should give those bitcoin critics some chances.
They may be recalled of their messing around with services and productivity of bitcoin all these while of them blindly following the rhythms of the anti bitcoiners of their hypocrites with no constitutive based lines other than being jealous of the decentralized financial system.

Let us not be naive of this so Peter Schiff update of his accepting bitcoyin for his birthday donations yet.
Maybe he would confess somedays that he had been staking Bitcoin anonymously all these while. Who knows.
But would be a shame of him afterwards receiving donations through Bitcoin.

You can imagine the period of time he made the post and how much he had gathered in the wallet address just after being opened up, that literally to say that he and the rest of his kinds mocking Bitcoin is being surrounded with Bitcoin enthusiasts so, if he (Peter) at last make further mockery of Bitcoin, that means he does not regard his fans and does not appreciate their efforts of their donations for his just a birthday. To hell with him then, why did he not make open of his bank account to receive the donation on CeFi?

I guess he is not just an economist risk bearer so he want to step in on the DeFi Blockchain with the free donations which he must had made plans of taking the chances on his birthday whereas he could test the water on the basis to be affordable in case of lost based on his doubts on the on-chain DeFi.

Thereafter, he will be an ingrate if further criticizes Bitcoin because indirectly, he is criticizing the fingers that willingly supported his birthday donation.

[Lucius]

Didn't know that he had more than a million followers on Twitter but I'm sure that he doesn't deserve this amount of attention on Bitcointalk.

He and others like him do not deserve any attention here, but when we look at what people admire today, then it is not surprising that a book could already be written from all the posts in which this character is mentioned.

I have no clue why should someone be willing to donate to a millionaire, let alone donating $4000 as someone did yesterday on his donation address. But I wouldn't eliminate the fact that he might be doing all donations himself from his unknown addresses. I can post a donation address and donate lots of satoshis through different Bitcoin addresses and manipulate the fact that people follow my tweets and send me lots of donations.

Maybe the mysterious donor is his son, who is known to be an investor in cryptocurrency, or someone so naive that they believe everything they read online. The world is full of people who have very strange views on life, so it's obviously normal for them to donate money to people who already have too much.

[headingnorth]

Anyone asking for a bitcoin donation from their followers is a con artist imo.

I always sensed this Peter Schiff guy was a shill and scam artist, but this latest stunt leaves no doubt.
You have to be an idiot to believe anything he says, and even dumber to send him your bitcoin.

[Alpha Marine]

People who donated probably want Peter to experience Bitcoin ownership. Just like Justin Sun gave BTC to Warren Buffet. But this is likely just a Birthday gift to Peter.

In my opinion, people who sent bitcoin to him are a little bit stupid, and this is me trying so much not to be harsh. Why are you gifting a man something that he has always been against from the beginning? Why are they rewarding critics instead of believers? If a person talks about how much he likes and believes in bitcoin but doesn't have money to buy, people won't send him anything.

People make these critics relevant, they aren't in the grand scheme of things. All we need to do is rebut his stupid takes and lies about bitcoin and keep it moving. Taking people like this seriously is like takin flat earthers seriously.

[rodskee]

Today is Peter Schiff's birthday, and he created a tweet that looks like mockery of the Bitcoin reserve and added a donation address, which, since the time of that tweet till now, $4k+ and still counting worth of Bitcoin have been donated to. The amount is small, but is that not an indirect way of showing interest in Bitcoin for someone like Peter who speaks ill about Bitcoin each time he has the opportunity?

don't they say that mockery is the best form of flattery?

the fact that he thinks this much about bitcoin means he really has studied and observed bitcoin and he still does it until now i mean if you are not into bitcoin you can easily just ignore it and leave the people who life and use bitcoin alone but if you keep talking about it there must be a reason aside from simple hatred

[Z-tight]

I don't think anyone in their right mind will donate to this clown, maybe he is donating to himself all in a bid to create more attention to himself using BTC, like he always does. Peter loves the attention and even if he may be a clown, i think he knows how to attract attention and get the BTC community to waste their time discussing about him. Even if you have thousands of BTC, don't send dust to such a man.

[Despairo]

It's really funny to see someone said this to him lol, but I get what he trying to say, we all know Peter Schiff is rich, but if he only buy like $4K, such amount is just like for gambling purpose, $4K is nothing for him.

Let's say his net worth is $1 Billion, if he buy $1 Million worth of Bitcoin, it won't hurt him even Bitcoin went zero.

This is his address https://mempool.space/address/bc1q0vxwxsmkjy5t95qpc0mfznl59928grsr4wfa97

[suzanne5223]

You just have to turn a blind eye to this type of people who are an instrument used by organizations like BlackRock and other powerful investment organizations that got into Bitcoin not at the early stage but wanted to buy Bitcoin at as cheap a price as possible.
I feel sad that some people still believe in everything he said whereas he's even Bitcoin enthusiast than most of the people who boldly showcase their enthusiasm for Bitcoin.
People like Peter Schiff will always make statements or tweets that will shake off the weak hands out of the market so they can buy their big.

[kryptqnick]

He's a notorious Bitcoin sceptic, but I think that ultimately, such people are choosing power and profit. And considering the current US economic and political climate, perhaps he is now considering supporting Bitcoin. The tweet doesn't look like mockery to me, but I don't believe that it reflects a sincere change in his opinion either. It looks more like an experiment, and something in line with the current US situation.

[bitbollo]

He's a notorious Bitcoin sceptic,...
...

Personally, I had always the subtle doubt that he was just ironic and probably just trolling everyone with his stupid comment.
I mean, some of his commens were not acceptable by a famous person. Even defending some "silly" arguments related to gold.
the conversion to bitcoin a good sign that something has changed ... even for skeptic trolls

[Oshio-man]

Not that they don't like bitcoin but how to convince people they told that bitcoin is a scam digital currency is the problem they are facing, for Pete Schiff to created this account for donations show that he is the fans of bitcoin and he will not going to use the bitcoin people will donate anyhow, because he will hold the bitcoins for long term to increase the amount of bitcoin he has in his wallet.

[Majestic-milf]

Not that they don't like bitcoin but how to convince people they told that bitcoin is a scam digital currency is the problem they are facing, for Pete Schiff to created this account for donations show that he is the fans of bitcoin and he will not going to use the bitcoin people will donate anyhow, because he will hold the bitcoins for long term to increase the amount of bitcoin he has in his wallet.

Peter is going about trying to convince people that the donations he's collecting is for his Bitcoin reserve, trying to mock tgr one America and Trump are planing on engaging on when in truth, he's just a businessman at the heart of it all looking for any means to collect funds. So assuming he proves the point that the idea of making America a cryptocurrency reserve is a wasted knew, what will he then do with the donations that has been given to him?
 Like I said earlier, these people will look for every means to make profit and as it is the most profitable is to mock and criticize Bitcoin then go behind and start buying then when it's revealed in the open, you praise it. I mean, who are they deceiving?

[Amuro]

The amount is small, but is that not an indirect way of showing interest in Bitcoin for someone like Peter who speaks ill about Bitcoin each time he has the opportunity?
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I think he is seeking for more  attention using the growing popularity of Bitcoin. The donation drive achieves a dual purpose: an extra cash and a form of mockery to Bitcoin maximalists who promote the Bitcoin all the time on X. You never know, some may actually want him to adopt and start using Bitcoin since he is quite an influential person.

[FinneysTrueVision]

He was also selling some Bitcoin NFTs not so long ago. Schiff has constantly been proven wrong with his criticisms against Bitcoin. He is really just a shameless troll who doesn’t care how hypocritical he looks as long as he can profit from Bitcoin. Even if he occasionally makes a valid point, it is hard to take him seriously. Begging strangers for donations implies that maybe Bitcoin isn’t worthless like he often claims.

[BenCodie]

Peter Schiff went from naysayer to holder real quick, less than a year, maybe even less than 6 months. I don't hope that he gets hacked however it is clear that he hasn't come very far in educating himself, painting such a target on him like posting his btc address publicly. It's good to see people flip, though it's also annoying that they didn't just do or learnt whatever got them to flip before they started talking to begin with

[arwin100]

The amount is small, but is that not an indirect way of showing interest in Bitcoin for someone like Peter who speaks ill about Bitcoin each time he has the opportunity?

I think he is seeking for more  attention using the growing popularity of Bitcoin. The donation drive achieves a dual purpose: an extra cash and a form of mockery to Bitcoin maximalists who promote the Bitcoin all the time on X. You never know, some may actually want him to adopt and start using Bitcoin since he is quite an influential person.

Provably it is since if he's going to be a critic of Bitcoin then he will make his name controversial since people will always talk about him and try debate him with what he believe.

But for asking BTC on his Birthday? That's quiet pathetic action on his side since how could he ask that one if he's really a Bitcoin critic. Maybe he just using that situation to fool people and grant his request once he do this kind of action. I remember that Justin Sun give Warren buffet a samsung phone loaded with 1 BTC and Tron. Maybe this is what Peter Schiff want to replicate if there's rich man will offer him such nice deal just like what Sun did.

[Sticky Bomb]

Peter Schiff is an irony of a human being.

He criticized Bitcoin, but owns some Bitcoin and even begs for more Bitcoin to his reserves with his birthday as an opportunity and posts and address to that effect. He believes he wouldn't have to buy Bitcoin, but donations would help him build a strategic reserve of Bitcoin

He claims the Bitcoin aren't for him, yet he said he's building a strategic reserve, for who and for what purpose is he building it? Who is fooling who?

He even wants a Solana stockpile and asks people to help him build it, but he's not willing to invest into it himself since he prefers gold.

Basically his crypto dream, he hypnotizes people to achieve it for him, while he remains a critic. He's not straightforward since he's just a vocal critic of Bitcoin, but in action he's a fan.