The Truth About Bitcoin (BTC is not Bitcoin)

Dear Members,

I hope you’re doing well. I’m inviting you to an online session where we’ll cut through the misinformation and get to the real truth about Bitcoin.

This isn’t just a meetup—it’s a personal testimony and I want to tell you why. My name’s Cam, and I started DECENTRAL VANCOUVER (DCTRL) years ago after working at the world’s first Bitcoin ATM. It was an experiment in decentralized governance, born from a vision of what Bitcoin could do.

But in 2021, everything flipped for me. I realized what I’d thought was Bitcoin—BTC—was a corrupted version of the original protocol. I tried to steer DCTRL toward that truth, to root it in real decentralization as laid out in Satoshi’s whitepaper. When I brought it up, no one wanted to hear it. Worse, the project I’d poured years into was yanked out from under me. I was silenced, kicked out of the community I built, and turned into a pariah in Vancouver’s Bitcoin scene. It hurt, but it lit a fire in me.

That’s why I’m still here, holding these meetups. I’ve got a story to share—a testimony—and a truth about Bitcoin that I believe the fate of humanity hinges on. The original Bitcoin protocol, preserved in Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BSV), isn’t just some crypto toy. It’s the most significant invention in civilized history—a scalable, turing complete, peer-to-peer electronic cash system (whitepaper, Section 1), traceable for accountability (Section 10), and “set in stone” (Satoshi, 2010). It’s a way to unify humanity with one immutable ledger of truth. But corrupt forces have twisted its meaning, attempting to push us toward a centralized, dystopian mess where Bitcoin fails its mission. We can’t let that happen.

A lot of you still see BTC as Bitcoin—I did too, once. I’m not here to boss you around about your money or play savior. I’m here for the people who want to wake up, who dream of a future free of lies and corruption. I'm here to tell you, you’ve been sold a false paradigm—socially engineered through fear, greed, and paranoia into a kind of mass hypnosis in crypto culture.

BTC has strayed from the whitepaper’s ingenious game theory, which is ultimately a tool for securing the entire Internet with an incorruptible ledger of truth and lifting us out of centralized control. The purpose of Bitcoin is not to make money—it’s about securing a foundation for a decentralized world without oligarchs, corporatism, rulers, or tyrannical majorities. BTC, in my view, has become one of many “false profits” in this space, diluting the original mission of Bitcoin.

Here’s the kicker: corruption in crypto ties straight to corruption in government. The original Bitcoin ensures privacy for you and me while making government funds traceable—no more abuse of power in the shadows and no more laundering of tax payer dollars. That’s what Satoshi designed: a system that’s both private and transparent where it counts.

We’ll dig into the whitepaper, and bust through the groupthink that’s warped the meaning of Satoshi's invention. This session’s about unlearning what you think you know. It’ll lift you to a higher awareness, help you make sharper decisions about blockchain tech. But fair warning: if you’re not ready to question your understanding of Bitcoin—or if you just don’t want the truth—this might not be for you. It’ll ruffle feathers, and I hate upsetting people, but with humanity’s future on the line, I’ve got to speak up.

If you’re inspired by blockchain like I am—because you want a technology that can change the world, even for the poorest among us—please come. There’ll be skeptics and scoffers clinging to the old paradigm, trying to drown out the truth. But the real ones know: only the truth sets us free. Join us to awaken and unlock what the collective consciousness could really be in a world where Bitcoin unleashes our full potential.

Looking forward to seeing you there,

Cam.