Dear Roger,

I have put off writing this for a variety of reasons. One being I didn't feel I had the right since I'm a nobody, while you, Roger, are Bitcoin Jesus, the first ever investor in Bitcoin related companies, not to mention likely a billionaire (in USD terms but looking forward to the day a person's net worth is valued in BCH).

Let me start by saying I have a lot of respect for you as you are clearly a man of conviction, not afraid to speak your truth, and someone who tirelessly and nobly promotes the idea of economic freedom to anyone who will listen.

But I'm not here to stroke your ego. And you don't seem like the type who cares at all about that. What you do seem to care about is creating a peer-to-peer electronic cash system for the world. And as you yourself have said, at the moment Bitcoin Cash appears to have the best chance of achieving that goal.

I've heard your story many times over the years, about how when you first heard about Bitcoin you fell deep down the rabbit hole, spent two weeks trying to learn everything you could about it, eventually getting sick and hospitalized in the process. I can relate because ever since I learned about Bitcoin Cash, it has consumed my life in a way I couldn't have ever imagined. I believe both of us, along with the rest of the BCH community, truly want to see Bitcoin Cash fulfill its promise to become p2p electronic cash.

Which is why I don't understand some of the things you say or do, the biggest one being your growing frustration with Bitcoin ABC.

It appears you are disappointed with the Bitcoin ABC team and their lead developer Amaury Sechet. I have previously written how I once felt the same way. But Amaury has worked hard over the last six months to explain why his team has behaved the way it has. As such, many in the community have now changed their minds about Amaury and see the reasoning behind his actions.

But apparently not you. So I just want to understand where you're coming from. I understand I'm not entitled to an explanation. And the last thing I'd want is for you and your company, Bitcoin.com, to choose to support another project. All I'm suggesting is that since you clearly want to see Bitcoin Cash succeed, it might be helpful to hear your thoughts on why you feel that having big players such as yourself fund Bitcoin ABC is such a bad idea.

You are free to run your business however you want, to associate with whoever you want, and to act in any manner you see appropriate so long as you aren't hurting other people. But if your goal is to help spread the adoption of Bitcoin Cash and galvanize the community, your actions appear illogical at times. I don't understand why you feel the need to promote known BSV shills, or associate with people like Richard Heart and Brock Pierce, while at the same time disparaging the one team who has proven to be capable of leading the BCH protocol.

About a year ago, you offered OpenNode an investment of $1.5M to accept Bitcoin Cash in their project, which I assume is a relatively small sum for you. Today, you want to remove the chained 25 transaction limit on BCH, so I'm wondering why not invest that same $1.5M you had offered OpenNode to Bitcoin ABC to have this done the right way? I don't know exactly how much the Bitcoin ABC team feels is needed for the necessary resources to remove the limit altogether, but I'd venture to guess this would be a reasonable place to start. If they don't achieve what you're asking for, then lesson learned, but considering how badly you seem to want to get this fixed, I'm thinking this would be a small price to pay to find out. And imagine if you fund their efforts and they deliver? You must see potential gains that can be made once the limit is removed, so this will hopefully earn back your investment and then some.

In closing, thank you if you've bothered reading this, and I hope that the BCH community can see past all the drama and find a way to work together towards our shared goals. And if you see something I'm missing, I'd love to hear about that as well. The more open communication we have, and the more informed we are as a community, the better.

Sincerely,

Cain