the sad truth is the vast majority of bagholders are scared of the real bitcoin - the one that lets a drug dealer, an immigrant maid, and a pro boxer all use the same money on equal footing. regulators just reminded everyone who's still playing the game.

most "bitcoiners" never actually wanted financial sovereignty, they wanted number go up and a pat on the head from uncle sam.

y'all can cry about the plea deals but until the community decides privacy is worth defending - like really defending, not just twitter posts - this was inevitable.

the system's been burning privacy warriors for decades, nothing new here.