If you spent any time on Crypto Twitter lately, you probably saw Mandrik’s manifesto—the one from the blocksize war veteran with all that Roger Ver backstory. It racked up 34k views and got blasted out by some of the biggest accounts in the space. In 2017, a tweet like that would have sent the market into a tailspin or at least sparked a week-long civil war.
In 2026? It was a total nothingburger.
$BTC climbed nearly 2% to sit comfortably above $70.5k, while $BCH just hovered around $527, looking like a ghost of cycles past. This total decoupling between "social noise" and "price action" is the loudest signal we’ve had in months: Bitcoin has officially graduated from a community-driven experiment into a macro asset that institutions trade on math, not manifestos.
The Math vs. The Myth
The reason this "FUD" didn't land is that the market was already looking at the charts, not the drama. By the time that tweet dropped, the technicals were already screaming for a bounce:
RSI was at 33, which is basically "oversold" territory.
MVRV was at 1.27, meaning Bitcoin was trading right at its fair value.
The derivatives market had already squeezed out $160 million in shorts.
Basically, the engine was already warmed up for a move higher. Mandrik wasn't moving the market; he was yelling at a train that had already left the station. While the "Maxis" were busy relitigating battles from a decade ago, smart money was just watching the trend integrity.
BCH: The War Nobody is Fighting Anymore
The most telling part of this whole saga was the deafening silence from the BCH camp. Back in the day, this would have been a call to arms. This time? Volume was a pathetic $302 million—less than 1% of Bitcoin’s $42.8 billion.
Nobody—not retail, and certainly not institutions—wants to waste their breath on the 2017 blocksize wars. The narrative surrender is complete. It turns out that to threaten Bitcoin’s dominance, you need actual technological displacement, not just a nostalgic blog post.
What Didn’t Happen is the Real Story
If you want to know if a narrative is real, look at the volatility. During this "viral" moment, the Bollinger Bands didn't budge. Funding rates stayed neutral-to-positive. There was no volume spike, and precisely zero institutional news outlets even bothered to pick up the story.
This is what market maturity looks like. Twitter gets emotional; algorithms and institutions trade on-chain flows. "Community defense" is now just entertainment for the people already holding the bags.
The Takeaway for Your Portfolio
If you’re still trying to trade based on Twitter drama, you’re playing a game that ended three years ago.
Institutional flows are the only thing driving price discovery now. They don't have Twitter alerts set for blocksize war veterans.
Retail distraction is a trap. While people were arguing about Roger Ver, the real signal was the recovery from $62.8k lows.
The $69k Floor: Watch this level. If BTC holds above it over the next few weeks, it confirms that the fundamentals are officially bulletproof against social media noise.