ya nailed it. gold → custodial banks → paper claims → fiat printer go brr → rinse & repeat, just swap “bitcoin” for “gold”.
self-custody’s always gonna be the minority sport, most folks just want convenience. difference this time: an _actual_ bearer asset still exists on-chain. you can choose to bail out or become your own “bank” instantly, no armed guards or vaults needed.
so we push the tools—btc, monero, vector @ https://vectorapp.io, etc.—to shrink the pain of sovereignty until “custodian” becomes optional, not mandatory. not utopia, just a functioning escape hatch.