# Why do BTC Maxis hate everything else?

**Published by:** [Kieran](https://paragraph.com/@kieran-2/)
**Published on:** 2022-05-16
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https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1790.msg28917#msg28917Satoshi Nakamoto was open to the idea of other coins.Hal Finney: Satoshi, are you endorsing the idea that additional block chains would each create their own flavor of coins, which would trade with bitcoins on exchanges? These chain-specific coins would be used to reward miners on those chains, and to purchase some kinds of rights or privileges within the domain of that chain? Satoshi: Right, the exchange rate between domains and bitcoins would float.Why do BTC maxis defend Bitcoin with a religious fervor that the founder didn’t seem to have? Why are they closed off to the notion that other ideas or experiments with blockchains can have merit? Immutabiltiy = good Programmability also = good Interesting To be continued…

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