>>60642082I was an og Bitcoin Maxie and so was vitalik he was originally a Bitcoin dev, Block stream removed smart contracts from Bitcoin in the segwit fork, shortly after Vitalik launched ETH with an emphasis on smart contracts and DeFi, keeping Satoshi's mantra of removing the middleman from finance. Today everything Bitcoin involves a central exchange middleman. Want to earn yield on your Bitcoin? Deposit to Binance. In contrast my ETH wallet can hold Bitcoin and any token even gold stable coins, I can trade and loan all from my Eth wallet onchain, no account needed my ETH address is my account in any DeFi exchange or app. No middle man needed.