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Pleb Meaning

Pleb is a term of endearment and self-identification within the Bitcoin community. In Ancient Rome, the plebeians were the common citizens as opposed to the elite. In the Bitcoin world, a pleb is a retail holder who is not an institution or a venture capital insider.

Being a pleb means you are one of the millions of small holders who collectively provide the social and economic decentralization that makes Bitcoin resilient.The pleb lifestyle is built on the philosophy of stacking sats, which involves slowly accumulating small amounts of Bitcoin, and practicing self-custody. Plebs are the ones who run full nodes in their homes, verify their own transactions, and educate others about the financial system. They are the guardians of the protocol rules, as they would refuse to upgrade their nodes if a central authority tried to change the supply cap.Technically, the pleb movement is a defense mechanism against centralization.

In many other crypto projects, a few founders and insiders own the majority of tokens and control governance. In Bitcoin, there is no CEO or marketing department.

The plebs act as the marketing department, creating memes, writing open-source code, and organizing meetups. This grassroots energy is why Bitcoin is often called the people’s money.The term is often used in the phrase plebs together strong, suggesting that while one small holder has little power, millions working together can out-muscle any bank or government.

It is a badge of honor that signals a commitment to long-term saving and individual sovereignty. In a world of corporate control, being a pleb is viewed by the community as an act of financial rebellion.

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