Everyone’s cheering for nation-state…

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Everyone’s cheering for nation-state adoption.
𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿.

When Bitcoin becomes a reserve asset, three things happen fast:
→ More legitimacy
→ Institutional demand
→ Massive on-ramping of capital

But here’s the part most don’t talk about ↓

With reserve asset status comes regulation.

Serious regulation.
The kind that makes self-custody harder.

You’ll hear the usual lines:
“National #security.”
“Systemic risk controls.”
“Anti-money laundering.”

And before you know it:
→ Self-custody is “dangerous”
→ Custodial KYC becomes “best practice”
→ Ownership shifts from individuals to institutions

That’s the trade-off.

More #adoption ≠ more #freedom.

Not unless we fight to protect the core of what makes Bitcoin valuable:

𝗢𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻.

Yes, reserve asset status is a milestone.

But #Bitcoin doesn’t win by being big. It wins by staying sovereign.

Adoption is easy to cheer for.
Freedom is harder to defend.

Let’s not confuse the two #Nostr.

𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳: 𝘐 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯-𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘉𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘺, 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦. 𝘐𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦.

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