His recent tweet once again triggered such reactions.
Musk first made similar comments back in July during the B-Word conference when he was on a panel with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Ark Invest’s Cathie Wood.
Proponents pointed out that it was not inconceivable that in the future, Bitcoin nodes would become more commonplace and even smartphones could eventually be able to store and verify Bitcoin transactions, thereby acting as nodes.
In fact, Bitcoiners argue that there are still a lot of misconceptions out there about Bitcoin among supporters and skeptics alike.