Interesting argument! I too think that instutionalisation (OMG my vocabulary is getting better day by day) will not help bitcoin or other cryptos to taste the development that they desire.
The most basic question is, what is the main vision of Satoshi behind the creation of bitcoin?? The header of whitepaper says these exact words,
Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System
Do you think bitcoin is being used as one? No! It has majorly become an investment asset. Why? Because the free market sentiment decided it to be used as an investment.
The market is full of short term profit seeker who made it look like an investment and they promoted it as an investment to others which created a huge hype during late 2017 and we all know what happened afterwards! Remember, this hype was never created or supported by maximalists and they are not the one who sold off their holding during that peak.
Secondly, Companies will always want to fund themselves and that's not what institiutionalisation means!! Institutions are profit seeking groups who would obviously want to have control on their own asset. Since this can't be achieved on bitcoin, simply its out of their choice list. Otherwise we wouldn't have seen thousands of valuless ICOs and tokens in cryptospace. I am sure, that is also not supported by maximalists.
I see maximalists as purists who still dreams to see bitcoin is being used as a "Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System" and not as an investment. Bitcoin will continue to develop till the time we have support from maximalists. These developments are not related to the price of it so it can't be deciphered by the blind class who thinks, pricing is the only development.
The moment these maximalists leave the space, we will be at the mercy of speculators and investors.
very well pointed out, i see this as a confirmation where this industry has gone (bitcoin used as investment asset, not as currency), its not really a cryptoindustry its a bitcoin marketing industry.
everyone else who says different has no idea whats going on, and i am
sure they will continue to take punishments for what they did
i said multiple times here the way we are supposed to go is different one, and i know it, but this forum and its developers are in no mental condition to actually start building a framework for it. its still just a bitcoin industry, and the bitcoincentristic indexmafia will prevent any change. it will end with a violent power loss for the index mafia, because they are not willing to adapt/change, or can't find someone they can trust.