Initially I was looking for a way to protect my savings from inflation. As I started to read about bitcoin in 2018 I was attracted to the decentralization and sovereignty dimensions, as well as the 21m hard cap.

By 2019, the bitcoin subreddit linked to an article by the IMF where they suggested implementing CBDC's, negative interest rates on savings accounts combined with voicing a keen intent in getting rid of cash.

Then as 2020 came along, we had full-blown government authoritarianism starting with lockdowns, mask mandates, culminating in forced injection mandates, movement licenses , restrictions and discrimination of us unvaccinated.

Later there was the Canadian trucker convoy whose protesters stood up against the forced vaccinations and had their accounts frozen for defending individual liberties. Bitcoin was the only funding that could reach them.

Bitcoin is a tool for liberty. It is neutral money that can't be corrupted by authoritarian governments. Prosperity is downstream from liberty; without freedom nothing else matters.