Discord’s Identity Crisis: BTC or Bust?

Oh, do forgive the tempest in a teacup, but esteemed Bitcoin luminary Peter Todd has taken to X (formerly Twitter) to gently chide Discord for its “strenuous” age verification charade. One might be forgiven for believing he’s hosting a tea party with the Queen of England, so delicately does he propose that the platform abandon governmental overtures and embrace Bitcoin instead.

“Their hand is forced,” Todd quipped, as if sipping champagne at a cocktail soiree. “Nonsense! The internet is global. Let the UK and Australia block them if they must.” A charming suggestion, if ever there was one, to bypass KYC requirements by swapping government IDs for Bitcoin-though one wonders if Discord’s developers will trade their keyboards for teacups.

Discord’s PR Fiasco

The platform’s latest venture into “Global Age Assurance” has sparked a minor rebellion, with users threatening to flee en masse unless face scans and government IDs are ditched. Fortunately, Discord reassures us that only 10% of users need verify their age. How reassuring, like being told a tiger is docile because it’s wearing a bow tie.

As for Discord’s crypto ambitions? They’ve been shelved so thoroughly one might think they were buried in the backyard. Recall 2021, when CEO Jason Citron tantalizingly hinted at MetaMask integration, only to retreat when users threatened to cancel Nitro subscriptions. A masterclass in corporate missteps, delivered with the grace of a penguin on ice.

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And so, we find ourselves in a farcical tango between technology and regulation, where governments, like well-meaning toddlers, attempt to tidy up the internet while forgetting it’s a global beast. All the while, Discord dances between compliance and chaos, and Peter Todd sips his tea, ever the refined gentleman.

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2026-02-25 09:45