Crypto

This article is about GritCult's view of Crypto. For a general overview, see Crypto on Wikipedia.

Crypto
“If this crypto shit don’t work out I’m going to become an indoor shrimp farmer” (14 April 2024)
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Crypto isn't a trade for GritCult; it's a philosophy with a chart attached. He arrived through the anti-authoritarian door (money that doesn't ask permission) and never really left, even when the discourse turned into casino chatter.

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The framing is always bigger than price, and he knows how that can sound: one of his most shared crypto posts is a joke about a man acting weird all week because his thoughts run from time is money, bitcoin is money, then bitcoin is time ^[1] to fixing time on the blockchain between planets. He can laugh at the galaxy brain and still say MAKE CRYPTO HYPERCAPITALIST AGAIN ^[2] without irony. The point was never to get rich quietly but to build a parallel system nobody with a badge could switch off.

He treats institutional rejection as the tell, not the warning. Banks calling bitcoin a bad idea gets filed next to taxis calling Uber a bad idea and hotels calling Airbnb a bad idea, because, as he puts it, they're afraid ^[3]. Conviction shows up as gallows humour: if this crypto business doesn't work out, he is going to become an indoor shrimp farmer ^[4], a line he posted again word for word in 2025.

The buy signal, in his book, is despair. When suicide helplines are pinned on the crypto subreddits, that's the bottom, not the exit ^[5]. And underneath the memes is a real grievance. He remembers when being in crypto meant being anti-authoritarian, anti-war and anti-statist ^[6] (money without a landlord), and he's not fully at peace with how far that has drifted towards group-chat get-rich-quick.

Recurring themes

• hypercapitalism as a stated goal, not an accusation
• institutional rejection read as a buy signal
• gallows humour about the downside
• grief for crypto's lost anti-authoritarian ethos

Notable post

The most retweeted GritCult post on the subject, with 192 retweets:

Selected posts

The 120 most retweeted of 2,692 posts in the archive about Crypto. Select a column heading to sort.

Date	Retweets	Likes	Post	Media	Source
14 April 2024	192	2,924	If this crypto shit don’t work out I’m going to become an indoor shrimp farmer		View
12 November 2022	161	1,361	I literally do not care about current events. Or the news. Or government propaganda. Or what is happening In crypto.		View
14 June 2018	145	618	Her: he's been acting weird all week Him: time is money, bitcoin is money, then bitcoin is time. what if we become an interplanetary species, could we piggyback the consensus of time onto bitcoin blockchain between planets, thus creating a verifiable point in immutable spacetime		View
12 January 2025	59	707	"imagine buying bitcoin in 2009...." me in 2009 after school		View
3 March 2021	59	215	THE TRUTH ABOUT WHY BITCOIN WAS INEVITABLE. READ THIS AND UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF MONEY... /\ ///🧵\\\ /// THREAD \\\ (a long one...)		View
19 December 2024	52	1,174	Welcome to the crypto trenches.		View
27 January 2025	51	603	MAKE CRYPTO HYPERCAPITALIST AGAIN		View
17 December 2020	41	281	🏦 Banks call bitcoin a "bad idea" 🚖 Taxis called Uber a "bad idea" 🏨 Hotels called Airbnb a "bad idea" 🎵 Labels called streaming a "bad idea" 📰 Papers called internet a "bad idea" 📻 Radio stations called TV a "bad idea" It's simple, they're afraid.		View
19 May 2021	40	377	A GOOD TIME TO BUY CRYPTO IS WHEN THE SUICIDE LINES ARE PINNED ON THE CRYPTO REDDITS.		View
15 December 2022	34	218	go gym eat meat drink milk lift weights read books socialise meet ppl Be creative learn history start a business help ppl climb mountains learn art fast ~18hours self improve experiment with psychadelics buy crypto dont wife anyone u won’t have kids with Have kids		View
15 October 2021	32	35	got some spots opening up in my crypto groupchat with some crypto millionaires. rt this to be considered to be part of it		View
23 January 2026	29	416	always take note of the guy who doesnt need to be there 2x founder who already had a big exit still wanting to build guy who made 8 figs from memecoins still scanning perfect physique guy still counting every calorie they're driven by something you can't fake: obsession		View
28 February 2026	29	241	I remember when being in crypto meant you were anti authoritarian. Anti war. And anti statism.		View
15 September 2023	24	281	Crypto shark tank. Holy shit this looks like aids.		View
9 May 2022	24	236	Bitcoin and stocks are dumping. But I found this hidden gem that’s gonna MOON		View
4 August 2023	24	93	we need to build. There is a huge problem in web3 and crypto that is not talked about enough, and is stopping people from building. Royalty fees are the old meta, onchain organisations need a new way to make money and a way to have a sustainable revenue stream. If you are…		View
4 November 2025	22	548	Crazy that this 4chan schizopost was right about crypto		View
11 October 2025	22	356	If you just lost everything in crypto. It’s ok. Read this. I’ve been there. Multiple times. I’ve been wiped and even homeless. You’ll survive and bounce back. Dont start to despair and never doom. Best thing to do is laugh and accept it as part of the lore. You had fun with…		View
5 November 2024	21	265	fertility crisis - have 10 kids environmental crisis - buy a classic car ownership crisis - become a landlord education crisis - homeschool health crisis - gym obsessively unemployment crisis - go all in on crypto everyone scared - overleverage lack of nutrition - steak n eggs		View
27 May 2022	21	189	Sam bankman fried is the anti satoshi.		View
12 January 2022	21	162	go gym eat meat drink milk lift weights read books socialise meet ppl Be creative learn history start a business help ppl climb mountains learn art fast ~18hours self improve experiment with psychadelics buy crypto dont wife anyone u won’t have kids with Have kids		View
10 December 2021	21	148	Your crypto won’t save you from GOD		View
16 October 2024	19	342	i dont think you realise how early we are ai are literally launching memecoins and no one in mainstream media has picked up on it sam altman hasnt even talked about it yet		View
25 January 2022	19	94	What is the metaverse? my take, what will be needed, and the future. and how it will impact your life and how it will affect crypto. based on innovation and economics THREAD		View
28 June 2021	19	78	some notes from unfinished essay thread Crypto-anarchy as exit to the current political turmoil and decline of the west. The crypto-anarchist movement did not rise out of the ether. It came about as a direct result of the failure of political institutions.		View
3 May 2018	19	76	1/ i personally think BITCOIN was INEVITABLE, i googled "bitcoin inevitable" and all i got was FUD about the "inevitable" crash lmfao My reasoning : HISTORY - the period of where capitalism started to take root - INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 18th and 19th ENGLAND (enlightenment era)		View
25 May 2023	18	413	Web3 gaming about to start a new bull run		View
18 July 2018	18	80	logging out, here: ~60 threads on various topics ranging from ethics, governance, alot on biology & implications, some on economics & bitcoin et al most are theory, big ideas and concepts, ive been tinkering with ideas and analysis =most my threads, not all g'night !		View
9 January 2022	18	54	the internet will be replaced by crypto but how will this look like ? The meta verse thread		View
23 July 2025	17	174	Everyones obsessed with shortcuts. Nobody wants to master anything. Modern dabble culture incentivises people to try lots of different things. Crypto & AI make this worse. Edge is built on compounding competitive advantages. Real skill will become even more valuable.		View
19 March 2024	17	148	Wyatt Earp would love crypto. The old west. Everyone was a degenerate gambler. Travelling from boom town to boom town tryna get rich quick. Gold rush. Live fast. In the trenches. Locked in. Pure market capitalist Americana. Study tradition.		View
4 March 2018	17	68	Twitter is the end game of all MMOs. You have PVP debates. Followers = strength level. Blue tick = paid subscriber bourgeois over class. Group dms = private guilds Mutuals = net friends who help you complete missions. Crypto scams = scams Bots = bots/NPCs. "Buying gf"		View
2 March 2024	17	35	crypto conference merch always goes hard ngl		View
11 October 2023	16	213	Hot take. It’s the greatest time in history. Technology on an exponential curve as supply chains better Ai is making all software open source Crypto infrastructure better than ever Nuclear energy closer than ever Spacetech optimistic Internet speeds quicker due to starlink		View
5 August 2024	16	203	On precipice of ww3. Race riots all over. Crypto fucked. And Stock market looking so bad the intel ceo started tweeting bible lyrics. Remember. It’s darkest before the dawn.		View
8 December 2022	16	177	the next bubble wont be in crypto it will be in AI		View
6 June 2021	16	70	WTFFF -- EL SALVADOR HAS JUST ANNOUNCED THEY ACCEPT CRYPTO MAKING THEM THE FIRST COUNTRY TO RECOGNISE BITCOIN (BTC) AS A LEGAL TENDER (BITCOIN STANDARD) HERE IS SOME FUD FROM MAINSTREAM MEDIA LETS BREAK THIS FUD DOWN ///THREAD///		View
28 July 2023	16	62	THE TRUTH ABOUT WHY BITCOIN WAS INEVITABLE. READ THIS AND UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF MONEY... /\ ///🧵\\\ /// THREAD \\\ (a long one...)		View
10 November 2022	15	146	I got into crypto because I want to build a decentralised system that frees humans from the tyranny of oppressive systems. I genuinely believe this. Peer to peer open source protocols for the good of humanity. I believe we have to do this for the sake of the human race.		View
13 January 2024	15	130	youre in crypto for the pumps im in crypto to help collapse nation states.		View
9 May 2021	15	100	some unfiltered thoughts on why I am: bullish on crypto bearish on fintech thread		View
7 October 2025	13	210	The lion does not think about how he could’ve bought bitcoin in 2013 instead of buying drugs.		View
2 March 2025	13	159	crypto started out as a movement, is currently a casino. and will end as the spreadsheet of the new internet.		View
23 December 2024	13	147	Crypto = new age infrastructure. Ai = new age user interface Crypto is the back end of the new world. Of new institutions. Ai is the front end The new tech stack will also align with new cyber tech enabled nation states and new types of governance. Nation states are a relic		View
6 May 2023	13	105	What it feels like being on crypto twitter during shitcoin season		View
9 September 2021	13	17	GREAT NEWS : OPENING PRIVATE BETA TO ONE OF MY CRYPTO PROJECTS : @TR1_BS SIGN UP NOW AND PLEASE SHARE		View
1 November 2020	13	12	RT to join my cryptocurrency chat. you will get to meet some very based finance bros. first come first serve. limited spots. inactive people will get kicked.		View
7 November 2023	12	243	Thank you crypto.		View
13 September 2025	12	158	Cancel culture will never end. If you want to truly debate and have free speech. It is more important than ever to be PRO CRYPTO and PRO ANON. Privacy and decentralisation are the solution to increasing tyranny by both the left and the right.		View
13 May 2021	12	108	Never cared Elon bought crypto. Don’t care what he says. Once you understand the technology you’ll not give a shit either.		View
17 August 2021	12	103	Who has the email for the Taliban president? Wanna talk to him about bitcoin		View
19 May 2021	12	75	If you got liquidated in the btc dump. Dm me if you’re selling any rare watches. Can pay in crypto		View
30 July 2021	12	55	This is PayPal’s new move. Granting the ADL access to ALL your data. This is why crypto is important.		View
22 February 2025	11	219	Just opened X to see a guy kill himself and say “if I die turn this into a memecoin.” Praying for his family. He was young too. Very sad. Just remember it’s never over. Never kill your self. There is always more to life.		View
10 September 2021	11	136	outfits i would wear if i become a crypto billionaire		View
7 April 2024	11	125	Can’t lie. Can’t tolerate talking to non crypto normie people anymore. Just too boring. Just too locked in Sorry mum		View
8 December 2024	11	110	Apparently the Taliban are trading memecoins.		View
7 August 2021	11	88	A GOOD TIME TO BUY CRYPTO IS WHEN THE SUICIDE LINES ARE PINNED ON THE CRYPTO REDDITS.		View
5 June 2018	11	71	bitcoin 3d printers 21st Century farming techniques making my own clothes making my own money using renewable energy family businesses community based projects online marketplaces cheaper cost of travel dematerialisation. its all possible, the future is decentralised		View
17 September 2024	11	64	Havent been on twitter or writing as much as i was struck by divine inspiration! GOD ordered me to "MAKE THE INTERNET AESTHETIC AGAIN" Im building rhizome. web3 aesthetics first social media built on top of farcaster inspired by: pinterest/arena/tumblr. link below		View
4 February 2024	11	27	Love this idea of the screen shot essay. This is a condensed cliff notes version of a longer one I am writing. The crypto Optimist manifesto.		View
24 September 2025	10	258	How it feels to go from consulting at a top firm to working in crypto.		View
7 April 2025	10	118	Jokes aside. The crypto downturn shouldn’t really even make you flinch. If you’re really here for the long term. The memes are funny but to be honest if you really believe in the vision of sovereignty and freedom. This is just another day at the office.		View
16 May 2021	10	108	Modern day crypto traders be like		View
10 June 2021	10	78	Just wait until they release their own crypto currencies.		View
5 February 2023	10	77	Try explaining the internet to someone in the 1950s Handheld super computers all wirelessly communicating. That’s why most people don’t understand the true infrastructure revolution of crypto It’s too abstract.		View
30 May 2021	10	72	the crypto anarchist manifesto was written more than 30 years ago... economics is downstream of technology "dismantle the barbed wire around intellectual property." you can read it here		View
3 July 2020	10	62	You know, whenever i meet smart people. I am uninterested in small talk. What they have to say about bitcoin or trivial financial shit. I want to ask them what they think about love about God and about death. I want to ask them about things that have no easy answers.		View
8 June 2021	10	57	reading the @Polkadot light paper currently one thing sticks out to me "Will there eventually be one blockchain to rule them all? We don’t think so." ill post my thoughts in this thread		View
27 April 2022	10	22	like this tweet if you or someone you know is hiring for roles in web3 and crypto retweets appreciated, tryna help some folks out.		View
8 February 2021	9	153	DOGE PUMP BY ELON SO BTC WOULD STAY DOWN WHILE HE BOUGHT 1.5B USD OF BTC		View
7 March 2024	9	148	High probability there will be another lockdown within 18 months. It makes sense. Economy booming. Crypto booming. Election year. Lockdown would fuck up russia and China. Americans want the money printer to go up again		View
18 January 2021	9	89	e sports is gonna be bigger than bitcoin.		View
13 January 2024	9	89	this is why we need crypto, to stop tyrannical governments.		View
13 January 2022	9	62	The ultimate goal for crypto should be to dismantle all governments.		View
30 April 2025	9	49	This is hitting crypto. Paying a KOL vs paying your actual users to be evangelist’s. We are already doing this with @multiplierfun and it’s all on-chain. You can sign up to it on our Website.		View
26 November 2020	9	17	listen, i have known people who have made exorbitant money off of crypto. crazy ludicrous amounts, truly amazing. 2012, 2015, 2017 and now 2020, i know many personally and many are in my finance&crypto chats. RT to be added. as always limited spaces available.		View
10 July 2021	9	6	got some spots opening up in my crypto groupchat with some crypto millionaires. rt this to be considered to be part of it		View
1 December 2024	8	289	when i realise retail is buying xrp and not my schizophrenic memecoin cult that only braindead retards who spend 18 hours a day on twitter understand		View
27 February 2024	8	174	its betting szn you need to be putting everything you own into crypto right now you have no excuse to make 6 figs this cycle.		View
10 November 2022	8	140	Crypto market is genuinely fucked for 3-5 years imo. If usdt fails. It’ll be 2030 when shit picks up. With a macro recession looming too. If you are looking to join projects. Join projects. You genuinely believe in. A lot of people WILL quit and leave the space.		View
6 April 2025	8	139	Advice for getting into crypto. Dont.		View
31 January 2024	8	129	23 dexscreener tabs open. Double Zyns in my upper lip. Aping every Solana memecoin the GC posts. Ripping adderall like no tomorrow. Spamming TG stickers in 7 different chats. Chronic back pain. 4 hours of sleep. No shower for days. $2000 and a 7 fig dream.		View
28 April 2021	8	126	Crypto is still in the 80s		View
22 November 2022	8	110	WHEN THE SUICIDE LINES ARE PINNED ON THE CRYPTO REDDITS, THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO BUY CRYPTO.		View
21 January 2022	8	95	Btc gonna hit 20s and bounce to 100k		View
26 March 2026	8	95	“Crypto is a pyramid scheme”		View
17 December 2025	8	80	Banks monopolized money until crypto proved you could build parallel systems. AI will follow the same path. The future of AI is decentralised. Models without gatekeepers. Compute without permission. Intelligence without owners.		View
23 May 2021	8	78	Try explaining the internet to someone in the 1950s Handheld super computers all wirelessly communicating. That’s why most people don’t understand the true infrastructure revolution of crypto. It’s too abstract.		View
3 September 2021	8	77	Crypto started libertarian but will end up communist.		View
5 April 2026	8	77	Crypto has developed to a point where any serious project needs to hire ex military intelligence personnel I would’ve dismissed a lot of this. But have seen some things with my own eyes. My last startup I’m pretty sure a North Korean larping as a Japanese tried working for us		View
15 June 2021	8	67	TRY EXPLAINING THE INTERNET TO SOMEONE IN THE 1950S HANDHELD SUPER COMPUTERS ALL WIRELESSLY COMMUNICATING. THAT’S WHY MOST PEOPLE DON’T UNDERSTAND THE TRUE INFRASTRUCTURE REVOLUTION OF CRYPTO. IT’S TOO ABSTRACT.		View
15 April 2024	8	59	People buying? Up only. Bullish People selling? Jeets out. Bullish People selling and buying? High volume. Bullish Low volume? Diamond hands. Bullish No telegram? We are early. Bullish Ppl asking questions in tg. Strong community. Bullish Anon dev? Very crypto. Bullish		View
10 October 2021	8	54	Try explaining the internet to someone in the 1950s Handheld super computers all wirelessly communicating. That’s why most people don’t understand the true infrastructure revolution of crypto. It’s too abstract.		View
7 July 2021	8	52	Reminds me of how under developed crypto is rn		View
28 July 2023	8	52	The ultimate goal for crypto should be to dismantle all governments.		View
8 June 2021	8	49	BREAKING: HASSAN ROUHANI ANNOUNCED ON TUESDAY THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN WILL ADOPT BITCOIN AS LEGAL TENDER. IRANIAN SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND WILL INVEST 2.5 BILLION IN SOLAR POWERED BITCOIN MINING FACILITIES IN QOM PROVINCE. FURTHER DETAILS LATER THIS WEEK.		View
4 August 2021	8	47	Eth is internet glue of Web 3.0		View
14 October 2021	8	41	Cryptocurrencies are the first asset class since the 17th century to be truly new. They offer a decentralised, accessible, fast, and anonymous way of trading between individuals and businesses across the world; removing all barriers to entry.		View
14 November 2022	8	38	This reminds me of crypto		View
27 August 2020	8	35	Holy shit. Facebook is moving into e-commerce. Thee've already announced plans to move into crypto. This is huge. Facebook will become a "full stack" company. Facebook is moving into Amazon territory .		View
26 March 2024	8	29	We are so early. Non crypto ppl are asking about @DuhBase		View
11 October 2023	8	21	Crypto started libertarian but will end up communist.		View
7 February 2024	8	19	HOSTING AN EVENT IN LONDON Will be talking crypto ux. Base chain. Account abstraction. 19th Feb.		View
16 May 2025	7	98	We can reinvent the world with crypto.		View
29 November 2021	7	90	Jack is quitting twitter and I think he will work on crypto full time.		View
30 September 2021	7	81	Want to work in crypto. But live on a farm.		View
7 June 2023	7	81	I’m building the crypto version of gumroad. All onchain.		View
23 July 2021	7	79	Blockchain technology will make society inherently more feudalistic.		View
28 August 2023	7	52	This guy exploited a DeFi protocol for 117m and has recently been caught with child pornography on his laptop. Should he get the death penalty for the child porn?		View
30 September 2022	7	51	The problem with many industries is that they are started by contrarians. And then diluted by clout vampires. Same thing happened to crypto and web3. Same thing with fashion film music. The ones who want to be in a special club. Usually make it boring.		View
14 July 2021	7	49	Gaddafi would’ve loved crypto.		View
6 May 2025	7	41	in crypto token price is no longer the best marketing token prices can be extremely manipulated, teams having low float, hoarding 90%+ of the token, market makers farming traders. buy bots, insider buys, otc sales. revenue is going to be the best marketing. actual users.		View
13 September 2022	7	37	I just know wherever there is a crypto event. There’s likely a crypto Silicon Valley type orgy or group sex event. Most people in crypto are sick in the head.		View
12 June 2018	7	34	patents create a barrier to entry. bitcoin isnt patented. - antithetical patents limit innovation more than they incentivise it. patents drive up prices via monopolies and rent seeking. big pharma already games this, by slowing down innovation to increase rent seeking.		View
21 December 2020	7	25	Year-to-date performance (USD): Tesla $TSLA +730% #Bitcoin  $BTC +227% NVIDIA $NVDA +126% PayPal $PYPL +119% MicroStrategy $MSTR +111% AMD $AMD +110% Apple $APPL +74% Amazon $AMZN +73% Netflix $NFLX +65% Alphabet $GOOGL +29% JPMorgan $JPM -11% Exxon Mobil $XON -34%		View
27 November 2021	7	20	Convinced one of my crypto project ( cofounders to quit working as a senior team lead developer at JP Morgan and get a dev job in crypto. I also convinced ~20 other people in New York I met this last month. If anyone needs a crypto dev reply. Rt pls		View
27 November 2021	7	14	Reading. Now. From the description. If this becomes true then would lead to a new DeFi summer. Huge.		View
4 April 2025	6	148	Crypto boys rejoice. We are so back.		View
12 August 2025	6	135	1 ETH = $50,000 adjust your targets.		View

History

GritCult first posted about Crypto on 4 January 2018, and most recently on 21 May 2026. Across the archive the subject comes up 2,692 times, most often in 2021 (882 posts).

See also

The Frontier portal

References

1. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (14 June 2018). time is money, bitcoin is money, then bitcoin is time. what if we become an interplanetary species... X.
2. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (27 January 2025). MAKE CRYPTO HYPERCAPITALIST AGAIN. X.
3. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (17 December 2020). Banks call bitcoin a "bad idea"... Taxis called Uber a "bad idea"... Hotels called Airbnb a "bad idea"... It's simple, they're afraid. X.
4. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (14 April 2024). If this crypto shit don't work out I'm going to become an indoor shrimp farmer. X.
5. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (19 May 2021). A GOOD TIME TO BUY CRYPTO IS WHEN THE SUICIDE LINES ARE PINNED ON THE CRYPTO REDDITS. X.
6. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (28 February 2026). I remember when being in crypto meant you were anti authoritarian. Anti war. And anti statism. X.

Further reading

• The Future Is Virtual, an essay by GritCult
• Short Airbnb, Long Hotels, an essay by GritCult
• “How to go Viral on X w/GRITCULT”, GritCult on Vibe Trading (June 2026)
• “Decisive Action and the Tax w/ GRITCULT: Ep. 487”, GritCult on The J. Burden Show (May 2026)
• “Lovable $400M, Revolut Licensed, EF $200M, GRITCULT Joins”, GritCult on etn. (March 2026)
• “The Connection Between Meta-Modernism, Post-Modernism & Memetics In Web3 Culture By GRITCULT”, GritCult on NewForum (March 2022)
• “Get jacked, build a cult, and get $$$ with Gritcult”, GritCult on Other Life (November 2021)
• “GRITCULT - High Performance Cultsultant”, GritCult on Break The Rules (March 2021)

External links

• Posts about Crypto by GRITCULT on X
• Crypto on Wikipedia