For the phrase "untraceable power Satoshi unleashed: money that can't be censored, seized, or spied on," I was questioned by Monero bros, so I am providing clarification on why this formulation is valid.
Every time a government has tried to censor, seize, or fully surveil economic activity in the last years, someone using nothing more than a non-custodial Bitcoin wallet and basic privacy practices has defeated them. MiCA, Travel Rule, exchange KYC mandates, address blacklisting attempts, and multi-million-dollar surveillance contracts are not the actions of governments who feel safe. They are the actions of institutions that finally understand Satoshi actually delivered: a form of money that can, in practice, be censorship-resistant, seizure-resistant, and (with modest discipline) surveillance-resistant.
To stay censorship-resistant, seizure-resistant, and surveillance-resistant, never put your bitcoin on any KYC exchange or custodian, never reuse addresses, acquire and spend only through direct P2P, in-person cash trades, run your own node, use CoinJoin/PayJoin/Silent Payments when moving on-chain, and do everyday spending over Lightning.
Do only that, nothing illegal required, and no government on Earth can freeze, confiscate, or reliably track your money today.
That’s the entire “don’t play by their rules” strategy in one sentence: use Bitcoin the way Satoshi built it, not the way regulators wish you would.