I can see your point under certain conditions. By winning, I mean it becomes a global reserve currency and prevalent as a medium of exchange. For that to happen, it needs to be for everyone, and OG’s like us feel less welcome in bigger future Bitcoin circles.

BUT the lack of self custody by those who have any nexus with Bitcoin is a sorry state. Adoption is more about NgU, to your original point, than about self determination and individual freedom. I am with you on those values and am disappointed how little they seemingly mean for most people, who elect not to use this as an opportunity to voice their shared values because of a little bit of friction in the onramp process.