Please, try not to gatekeep #bitcoin. #btc is out there for us all.
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It's not gate-keeping. No reason not to be running a node if you've been in Bitcoin for a while, unless you have misunderstood the point of doing so.
What about those who can’t afford to do so? Will you say those people who run circular economies around Bitcoin are not bitcoiners just because they don’t run a node? I find your statement as a bit too much of an extreme