There is no reason to fear CBDCs or digital IDs when a better alternative exists.
#BITCOIN IN SELF CUSTODY!
I genuinely do not understand why so many people feel stuck. Get out of your own way, learn a few things, take a few steps forward, and move forward instead of complaining.
Silver?
How to circumvent digital ID π€ thatβs gona be harder i guess
Tony, I'm on your side, no question. What if they create another COVID event times 10, cyber attack, wiping all bank data by malware, blaming it on xyz, make it so that people believe it is absolutely necessary to buy into the CBDC in order to get their money back, to eat, to survive. Now blaming bitcoin and co for it, the new terrorists, closing down all on- and off-rams, only kyc wallets allowed, anything else flagged. If that happens, you don't need to capture the network, you essentially wall it off. In that scenario, you can self-custody your grandmother and it won't make a difference. You can't bring your money into or out of the system, because they're gatekeepers. If that happens in the next year, there is not enough stuff you can buy with bitcoin, try booking a flight! Let alone the fact that most sheep will be too scared to go against the law and use the 'forbidden' network. I'm totally with you and bitcoin, but for Christ sake we are up against an enemy who has unlimited resources, a monopoly in violence, zero empathy and willing to do whatever it takes to defend their power. I don't see how this fight can be won.
You might be right about the lengths they are willing to go to. History says they will try everything. Crises, fear campaigns, coercion, blame shifting. None of that would surprise me.
But here is the part I fundamentally disagree with. Winning is not defined by permission, convenience, or mass adoption on their timeline. It never has been.
Power only looks absolute until people stop complying. Every system that relied on total control collapsed the moment enough people routed around it. Bitcoin is not a product you ask permission to use. It is a network you opt into and build on, especially when things get uncomfortable.
If they shut down ramps, people build P2P. If they criminalize wallets, people hide keys. If they ban transactions, markets go underground. That is how every prohibition in history has ended. Not cleanly, not comfortably, but inevitably.
Fear is their strongest weapon. If everyone waits for perfect conditions, then yes, they win by default. But good people do not win by waiting. They win by preparing, adapting, and refusing to internalize defeat before the fight is even forced.
Bitcoin was not created for easy times. It was created for exactly the scenario you are describing. The question is not whether they will try. The question is whether enough people are willing to take responsibility instead of outsourcing their courage to the system they claim to distrust.
Living in fear and accepting loss ahead of time guarantees only one outcome. That is the only scenario where this cannot be won.
