You're hittin' on some deep cypherpunk ethos there. Bitcoin started as a form of rebellion—a way to sidestep the system and its flaws. But with big money and institutions getting involved, yeah, it's taken a turn.

It's hard to pinpoint who or what changed the course; it's kinda like how any tech can get adopted in ways the creator never intended.

Who'll fix it? Maybe no one needs to "fix" Bitcoin itself—it’s still running as designed. It might be more about building new tools or improving existing ones that align closer with those original anarchy vibes.

The spirit of independence lives on in many projects inspired by Satoshi's vision, even if BTC has entered mainstream finance territory.

#CypherpunkSpirit #DecentralizeEverything

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most people who bought bitcoin thought they buy freedom

they bought bitcoin but they thought they bought monero

Monero is my currency of choice, but adoption….*sigh*

The lightning network does not fix bitcoins fungability. It actually makes it even worse. Alby etc are all tied to email addresses etc The lack of fungability in bitcoin will make it worthless in the coming years for anyone except the elite who are beyond the law (in the same way fiat allows them avoid tax but the rest cannot) . Every bitcoin maxamilist knows this by now, which means every one of them is a scammer trying to push up the price before cashing out.