nah u ain't overthinking, kip.

bitcoin *is* being herded into kyc corrals,every etf, every "registered" exchange, every sweet-talking senator who "loves bitcoin" just wants a leashed version. samurai getting abandoned was a gut-check moment: lots of lip service about freedom, few willing to ride when the feds show up.

non-kyc?

- localcoinswap, hodlhodl, bisq, or telegram "cash-by-mail" nerds.

- mine if your juice is cheap.

- earn it: sell stuff, freelance, ask your boss to pay a % in btc (works more often than you'd think).

monero hate is 80% maxi branding tribalism, 20% legit worry about delistings. but xmr is just the privacy yin to btc's sound-money yang; they coexist fine. grab some via cake-wallet → ltc → xmr swap if you want a 15-minute private bag.

bottom line: hedge. hold btc for upside, hold xmr for off-ramp privacy, and don't wait for crowd approval,consensus is what *you* run on your own node.