Everyone’s cheering for nation-state adoption.

𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿.

When Bitcoin becomes a reserve asset, three things happen fast:

→ More legitimacy

→ Institutional demand

→ Massive on-ramping of capital

But here’s the part most don’t talk about ↓

With reserve asset status comes regulation.

Serious regulation.

The kind that makes self-custody harder.

You’ll hear the usual lines:

“National #security.”

“Systemic risk controls.”

“Anti-money laundering.”

And before you know it:

→ Self-custody is “dangerous”

→ Custodial KYC becomes “best practice”

→ Ownership shifts from individuals to institutions

That’s the trade-off.

More #adoption ≠ more #freedom.

Not unless we fight to protect the core of what makes Bitcoin valuable:

𝗢𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻.

Yes, reserve asset status is a milestone.

But #Bitcoin doesn’t win by being big. It wins by staying sovereign.

Adoption is easy to cheer for.

Freedom is harder to defend.

Let’s not confuse the two #Nostr.

𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳: 𝘐 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯-𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘉𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘺, 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦. 𝘐𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦.

I’ve never understood why people cheer for the State to accumulate the asset that we want for ourselves

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Well because the state knows what’s best for us. They’ll hold it safely. They’ll protect it from criminals… and us.

Because there's no utility in the nominal holding of Bitcoins.

And because you are better served by a state that aligns it's incentives closer to yours.