i never thought bitcoiners were this vulnerable to a narrative takeover from wall street, big banks & the us government

but all it took was a significant pump and an illusion of benevolence/friendliness: now too many guys put on suits and talk like the bankers they used to pretend to hate

2024 alone had been horrible for privacy and self-custody. but as long as the number keeps going up, the large majority is happy while those of us who actually think end up drowning in a sea of foolish optimism

fuck 2024, fuck your etfs, fuck your institutional adoption. this is not why most of us came here, we were supposed to start a revolution and replace fiat money – not enable an instrument that maintains the hegemony of the petrodollar