Toxic Bitcoiners drove Kim Dotcom to Bitcoin Cash

German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur and political activist Kim Dotcom has expressed distaste at the levels of infighting in the Bitcoin community. Dotcom, who is working on an eponymous crypto project, backed Bitcoin Cash proponent Roger Ver, pointing to the innovation in the BCH community.

During last week’s On The Record podcast with cryptocurrency derivatives trader Tone Vays and statistician Willy Woo, Dotcom said, “I am looking at the reality of crypto today and all this fighting. Real innovation is not being recognized because of this fighting, because of the toxicity.”

He went on to say that this infighting is damaging the reputation of the whole crypto community, blasting “pissing matches” between prominent industry figures.

Dotcom pointed out that the cryptocurrency industry can still be considered very small, claiming that just 2 percent of Internet users have been exposed to the sector. Woo argued that it could expand to 16% or more in the future. However, he…