"can't" doing a lot of work here

Buying #bitcoin to hold in a government registered retirement account you will be fined for withdrawing from without their permission seems like an incredible idea because if you are like most people, this is the largest pool of wealth you will ever have access to and investing it in the best performing financial asset in history is a no-brainer, and also because if worse comes to worst and you need to access your savings you can give the feds the big ol' middle finger, sell those assets, and there isn't a god damned thing they can do to stop you from spending your own hard earned uncensorable, unconfiscatable money.

FTFY

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Oh, also, if it's a Roth, you don't pay taxes on asset appreciation.

I appreciate both perspectives here. I want to save for retirement tax free using bitcoin and a bitcoin Roth IRA seems to enable this while maintaining custody. At the same time, I’m concerned that a hostile regulatory environment may lead to making my necessarily KYCed retirement funds illegal. Any thoughts about this possibility?

If you don't hold the keys you are just putting Bitcoin in bankers and government hands.

yeah hold your own keys, that part is not negotiable

Maybe by the time you need to retire they'll just change the minimum age to 80 🤷

they're doing that regardless of the asset I choose to invest in