Bitcoiners have nothing to learn from that affinity scam.

Bitcoiners, the likes of Adam Back, Nick Szabo, Bram Cohen, all told those charlatans it was a dumb idea but they didn't listen because it was nothing more than a naked grift.

Vitalik has contributed nothing to Bitcoin. He hasn't contributed much to ethereum either besides quasi-philosophical blogs rife with sophistry. Solidity was developed by Wood based on JS. Everything else, Bitcoin copy pasta.