Bitcoin, 2009: we have created a technology to send value across the Internet without the need for an intermediary 💪
Bitcoin, 2025:
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#YESTR
When it comes to self custody, the revolution was never that you have to, but that you can.
Some people are going to do the popular things and follow the popular "inflooencels" and "developoors" and learn their lessons the hard way.
Other people will attempt to self custody and shoot themselves in the foot.
It's trade-offs all the way down.
Amazing that the people so concerned about freedom and censorship are so obsessed with telling others how they should use bitcoin and that Bitcoin has failed because Wall Street doesn’t self custody their coins lol
Again, to your point, the key is that we can self custody if we want to or need to
Tell me if I’m mistaken: but if most ppl (btc coins) go with custodial, isn’t btc gonna be centralized and fuck it up for the rest of us that wants to self-custody? Legit question
Really doubt we will ever get to that point. Even if it does, people will learn some very expensive lessons. Seems many have already forgotten about mt gox, FTX, blockfi, Celsius, etc.
I think many of us actively encourage self custody and help move people away from custodial solutions but this is not going to happen overnight
Nostr helps. Knowledgeable bitcoiners having their own kids who will end up inheriting self custody coins also helps.
Bitcoiners are hypocrites (myself included) and have an extremely high time preference.
They'll fade out no KYC coins just like they fade out cash.
Best of luck to them!
I highly doubt they will be able to stop me from swapping some “KYC” sats into a lightning wallet like nostr:nprofile1qqsrf5h4ya83jk8u6t9jgc76h6kalz3plp9vusjpm2ygqgalqhxgp9gprpmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctvqyg8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2wgfaht and then making purchases from vendors like nostr:nprofile1qqsf960jkzjpecendet5vq8mhzlljdawvxfjktf5lhpenlw2ywmhj7qpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumrpdejqu0tc9p, nostr:nprofile1qqswp94gnm4epqsgjkndl4lnd8krzdj5u4mzuppdtxksdymkty63g7gpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgqgdwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkcn2rlak or nostr:nprofile1qqspqxs39j9dctnfuqqrz98lrswnddlumcrdsn28j689n824susmphcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzvuhszxrhwden5te0wfjkccte9e3h2unjv4h8gtnx095j7l2aasy
I am pretty confident that these vendors along with many other future vendors that will find NOsTR will not refuse my sats
Again you guys claim that bitcoin has failed but I use it with no issue and do not ask for permission from anyone to do so…
Have fun with Monero and trying to FUD Bitcoin
Bitcoin is just not really relevant anymore. It's just a shittier Paypal now
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Monero would be a lot more relevant if you guys didn’t need to FUD Bitcoin in order to pump your bags
Monero is as relevant today as Bitcoin in 2010.
Back in the day people thought we were scammers when FUDing fiat. That's how Bitcoin became what it is today.
Monero is just the next logical conclusion.
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Keep dreaming
Why then is Monero almost exclusively the only coin accepted on darknet markets? Why then is Monero the coin with the most real world usage (real world being true P2P transactions as found on darknet markets)?
Enjoy being an illicit currency used for horrible things on darknet markets
If I need to do so in the future I can swap my bitcoin to monero
I kind of like the society I live in and am very grateful for my situation. I do not need monero but bitcoin does protect my family from currency debasement.
Meanwhile you guys need to FUD Bitcoin and scare us into owning your privacy shitcoin
Who decides what counts as illicit activity? Will you always agree with their judgement now and into the future?
While bitcoin works for you currently, you've admitted it's use is subject to legislative whim. Monero's privacy features, the same features that makes it ubiquitious in illicit commerce, makes it immune from legislation. It is truly anti-state.
That's why we're in this Meyer. We're creating a truly peer to peer cash system immune from legislation and state control. We're not in this to get "face melting gains".
Also corollary note, the dangers of bitcoin aren't FUD. Don't buy Monero hoping it will moon. We're not here to pump our bags, we're here for unstoppable digital cash. Don't need unstoppable digital cash? Don't buy Monero then.
Why do you constantly have to negatively comment about bitcoin?
Unlike you and the other Monero bros, I don’t go seek people commenting about monero and tell them it failed and they need to buy bitcoin instead
You guys are all fucking larping clowns
Why is it the only coin that got delisted from CEX?
Because centralized exchanges need to follow the rules in their jurisdiction…
Monero will always be a fringe currency used for illicit activities. I love that you have that option and will defend your right to use it but I personally do not need to and have no interest in owning it.
Meanwhile bitcoin will continue to become the new reserve asset/currency of the world and it will protect my family from central bank currency debasement
Monero & Haveno for the win here.
What is haveno? Monero isn’t enough of a privacy solution for you that you need some other shitcoin?
#Monero fixes this
One of the first big things we did was re-create one of the things it was meant to replace (banks). Continues to boggle my mind.
Bitcoin backed lending products 🤮
Keep writing ✍️ the good fight ⚔️
Sad but true
The truth is that there will people who "like" or even "zap" this from a primal account with a custodial wallet or they'll quite stacker news bc Keyan didn't want to risk jail time being their custodian for their 69 sat tip.