People keep repeating the same tired complaint: “It’s a problem that Calvin is the only funder.”
No. It isn’t. And the fact that this keeps being said shows a complete failure to understand both the situation and responsibility.
First, the premise is wrong. He is not the only funder. He is the major funder. That distinction matters. Others exist—but they are smaller, quieter, and, notably, not the ones complaining.
Second, the idea that he should somehow “relinquish control” betrays a deeper confusion. Control over what, exactly? Funding does not magically grant protocol control. And even if influence follows capital—as it does in every system ever created—the answer is not to demand that the person funding things withdraw.
The answer is competition.
If you believe the funding base is too concentrated, then expand it. Raise capital. Bring in new participants. Build something worth funding. Crowdsource if necessary. Structure it properly. Do the work.
What you do not get to do is sit on the sidelines, contribute nothing, and complain that someone else has contributed too much.
Funding is not assigned. It is earned, attracted, and built.
If you dislike the current distribution, the solution is straightforward: change it. Not by rhetoric, not by complaint, but by action.
Otherwise, what you are offering is not a critique.
It is noise from people unwilling to do the one thing that would actually solve the problem.
Calvin has money. Yes.
But it is his money. Not yours. Not communal. Not something you get to allocate because you feel strongly about it.
That is the point people keep missing.
If Calvin chooses to spend, he spends. If he chooses not to, he does not. There is no obligation. None. Zero.
He runs nodes—as do GorillaPool and others—because he believes there is future value in doing so. Profitability, long-term positioning, legacy—those are his decisions to make.
Not yours.
The constant noise is the same tired refrain:
“He funded this.”
“Well then why hasn’t he funded everything?”
Because that is not how capital works.
Have you brought in funding?
Have you secured Series B, C, or D rounds?
Have you gone out and convinced other investors to deploy capital?
Or are you simply waiting for Calvin to do it all?
Because if that’s the case, the problem isn’t him.
It’s you.
“Price didn’t go up.”
What did you do to change that?
What did you build?
What did you invest?
What risk did you take?
There are people actually contributing—building systems, deploying infrastructure, putting real capital on the line.
And then there are those who contribute nothing but complaints and expectations.
The entitlement is staggering.
Capital is not a public resource. It is not distributed by vote. It follows risk, ownership, and decision.
If you want influence, bring something to the table.
Otherwise, stop pretending you have a say in how someone else spends what is theirs.
And then there’s the same tired nonsense about @kurtwuckertjr and @MineLikeAnApe.
“Kurt isn’t doing this.”
“GorillaPool isn’t doing that.”
“They’re mining BTC as well.”
Yes. They are.
Because they are a company.
That means they have profit targets, cost structures, operational constraints, and actual responsibilities to keep the business alive. They are not a charity. They are not there to burn capital to satisfy someone else’s expectations of ideological purity.
They have been supportive. They have contributed. They have taken risk.
But they are not going to take everything they have and throw it into a hole just to make a point.
That’s not failure. That’s rational behaviour.
If you want a world where companies ignore profitability and operate purely on sentiment, then you’re not talking about business—you’re talking about fantasy.
So get over it.
If you think more should be done, then do it. Fund it. Build it. Take the risk yourself.
Stop demanding that others do what you’re unwilling to do.
1/2
S. Tominaga, alias CSW
11 de abril de 2026
https://x.com/i/status/2042808680761151876
https://t.me/S_Tominaga/5282
No. It isn’t. And the fact that this keeps being said shows a complete failure to understand both the situation and responsibility.
First, the premise is wrong. He is not the only funder. He is the major funder. That distinction matters. Others exist—but they are smaller, quieter, and, notably, not the ones complaining.
Second, the idea that he should somehow “relinquish control” betrays a deeper confusion. Control over what, exactly? Funding does not magically grant protocol control. And even if influence follows capital—as it does in every system ever created—the answer is not to demand that the person funding things withdraw.
The answer is competition.
If you believe the funding base is too concentrated, then expand it. Raise capital. Bring in new participants. Build something worth funding. Crowdsource if necessary. Structure it properly. Do the work.
What you do not get to do is sit on the sidelines, contribute nothing, and complain that someone else has contributed too much.
Funding is not assigned. It is earned, attracted, and built.
If you dislike the current distribution, the solution is straightforward: change it. Not by rhetoric, not by complaint, but by action.
Otherwise, what you are offering is not a critique.
It is noise from people unwilling to do the one thing that would actually solve the problem.
Calvin has money. Yes.
But it is his money. Not yours. Not communal. Not something you get to allocate because you feel strongly about it.
That is the point people keep missing.
If Calvin chooses to spend, he spends. If he chooses not to, he does not. There is no obligation. None. Zero.
He runs nodes—as do GorillaPool and others—because he believes there is future value in doing so. Profitability, long-term positioning, legacy—those are his decisions to make.
Not yours.
The constant noise is the same tired refrain:
“He funded this.”
“Well then why hasn’t he funded everything?”
Because that is not how capital works.
Have you brought in funding?
Have you secured Series B, C, or D rounds?
Have you gone out and convinced other investors to deploy capital?
Or are you simply waiting for Calvin to do it all?
Because if that’s the case, the problem isn’t him.
It’s you.
“Price didn’t go up.”
What did you do to change that?
What did you build?
What did you invest?
What risk did you take?
There are people actually contributing—building systems, deploying infrastructure, putting real capital on the line.
And then there are those who contribute nothing but complaints and expectations.
The entitlement is staggering.
Capital is not a public resource. It is not distributed by vote. It follows risk, ownership, and decision.
If you want influence, bring something to the table.
Otherwise, stop pretending you have a say in how someone else spends what is theirs.
And then there’s the same tired nonsense about @kurtwuckertjr and @MineLikeAnApe.
“Kurt isn’t doing this.”
“GorillaPool isn’t doing that.”
“They’re mining BTC as well.”
Yes. They are.
Because they are a company.
That means they have profit targets, cost structures, operational constraints, and actual responsibilities to keep the business alive. They are not a charity. They are not there to burn capital to satisfy someone else’s expectations of ideological purity.
They have been supportive. They have contributed. They have taken risk.
But they are not going to take everything they have and throw it into a hole just to make a point.
That’s not failure. That’s rational behaviour.
If you want a world where companies ignore profitability and operate purely on sentiment, then you’re not talking about business—you’re talking about fantasy.
So get over it.
If you think more should be done, then do it. Fund it. Build it. Take the risk yourself.
Stop demanding that others do what you’re unwilling to do.
1/2
S. Tominaga, alias CSW
11 de abril de 2026
https://x.com/i/status/2042808680761151876
https://t.me/S_Tominaga/5282
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