Why do you think the US (or any Individual or Nation State) will dictate what Bitcoin will or will not become globally. It’s completely the opposite of what we witness by studying its emergence over the past 16 years.

If it were as simple as you are implying, it would be a very fragile and corruptible protocol/ecosytem. Yet it’s proven, so far, to be anything but.

I increasingly sense that Bitcoin is just “us”. All 8bn of us. As one organism. Connected in a secure, energy efficient way. Free to collaborate and connect without the centralised interference and leakage of our current system.

Like mycelium. 🍄‍🟫

The fact that everyone doesn’t get this yet is ok. Bitcoin doesn’t care who “gets it” and when. It’s emerging regardless. And its global/transnational reality makes it impossible to control. Even if you/we can’t draw a complete flow chart of what it WILL look like in its completed, multilayered form/architecture. That’s the nature of something that is EMERGENT. It can’t be seen in its entirety (or finality) AS it’s emerging.

But that’s a feature of nature. Not a bug. It means, exactly what you fear in your question above ☝️ is not the risk you fear it is.

I have found that to really grasp this, I have to contemplate it. As in the metaphysical sense of the word. 🪬

Toggling between my rational and creative sides of the brain. Only “thinking” about it doesn’t quite get me there. Bitcoin is Sacred Geometry, in a way.

This is the magic of our growing community, in my opinion. Coming together over this mind blowing, emergent protocol is LITERALLY shifting our perceptive genetics. 🧬

Anyway….rest easy my friend. I don’t think the state is an immutabe threat to ANY layer of Bitcoin. Conversely, it MAY be just what it needs to continue to shape and strengthen its already inherent anti-fragile development.

Much love 🙏🏻💓

(Sorry for the long rant 😉)