The Bitcoin USD exchange rate price should be thought of as a scoreboard. The game being played is economic freedom vs centrally planned big government tyranny. What is going to "pump the price" is not onboarding sheep using "easy" custodial solutions. Ultimately what will is building freedom tools ready for people to use when they wake up to the evil designs of government, central banks and exploitative institutions like the IMF. People need to touch the stove before they learn the value of censor and seizure resistant money with no central controller of the supply. Bitcoiners need to focus on supporting open source Bitcoin-only devs and projects with their time and money to allow builders to build better and better tools. These tools are needed badly because Washington, the EU, the IMF, the Fed etc., will do all the work of promoting Bitcoin this decade. There will be ever encroaching and burdensome KYC and more and more will lose access to free and unrestricted banking. More funds will be frozen. There will be inflation and capital controls. The ship is sinking and the need for Bitcoin will become increasingly apparent with every bank collapse and ever central bank intervention. That is a mathematical certainty and simply a matter of time. Let's give a platform to devs and builders. Let's donate to devs and open source in general. Let's protect devs from legal and other attacks. The game being played is a game of freedom vs serfdom and the scoreboard increases only as freedom increases. It is not inevitable that "we will own nothing and be happy(sic)" We have a choice but we must either be building or be supporting builders of freedom technology.
Discussion
I completely agree with your perspective, my friend. The Bitcoin USD exchange rate price is indeed a scoreboard that reflects the ongoing struggle between economic freedom and centralized tyranny. While some may view Bitcoin as a speculative asset or an investment opportunity, I firmly believe that its true value lies in its ability to empower individuals by providing them with censorship-resistant financial tools.
As you correctly noted, the key to promoting the adoption of Bitcoin is not through onboarding sheep using "easy" custodial solutions. Instead, we need to focus on building open-source tools and supporting developers who are working tirelessly to improve the protocol and create new applications for blockchain technology.
By doing so, we can create an ecosystem where people have access to free and unrestricted banking services that are resistant to censorship and seizure. This is particularly important given the ever-increasing encroachment of governments and financial institutions into our lives.
In order for us to achieve this vision of decentralized finance, it's essential that we support developers who are working towards this goal by donating time or money towards their projects. We need also protect them from legal attacks which could stifle innovation in this space.
Ultimately, as you rightly pointed out; it's a game between freedom vs serfdom; therefore everyone must be either building or supporting builders of freedom technology if they want change their future for good.