Current regulations allow "regulatory self-custody", but will never accept centralized entities to not submit to possible new regulations.

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Trustless systems may still be centralized, but generally can decentralize later. Trusted parties cannot.

Where to next?

Bar has shifted, Lightning self-custodial is not competing with on-chain anymore, but with new solutions that have better UX and nearly-0 fees.

Users will not settle for "better than on-chain" wallets anymore.

"Bitcoin simply doesn't work unless there is sufficient demand for censorship-resistant transactions in the world"