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 Self-custody is the only way forward.

Without it, all of Bitcoin’s other properties are pointless. 
 Agreed.

I don't see the point if I can't self custody. It basically just becomes a CBDC.
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 Any thoughts on ECash? 
 It’s definitely not self custodial 
 many 
 ECash was before bitcoin, but bitcoin is the current winner. Saylor says “you don’t sell the winner to buy the loser.” 
 ECash needed internet native money to even be a viable idea (in my opinion) 
 yet there are idiots who still claim Lightning as custodial and or that what is being exchanged is not bitcoin but an IOU haha 
 All other forms of custody will fail, it will be the only one left standing. 
 On a long enough timeline every custodian becomes insolvent… 
 self hosted data too 
 And yet, people still neglect to do all their research to know how true this is. 
 We hold these truths to be self evident 
 what are your thoughts long term on LSP's? 
 And if it doesn't scale? 
 Has Zeus established ways of withstanding pressure and the legal battles that may lie ahead for self custodial wallets/devs/companies? Not asking you to spill all your secrets, just cruious if you have established resilience and how you see other self custodial wallets being able to withstand this next phase of the fight. 
 Which soft forks do you support 
 CTV Tools, APO, LNHance 
 Based 
 TY

Hbu? 
 Ctv, apo, txhash, cat 

Really just want some form of covenants, the more expressive the better 
 Cat feels like a can of worms but on the other hand Bcash has had it for years now. 
 Bitvm and ordinals are a can of worms, I think anything scary is already here 
 Samurai was self-custody. Disintermediation equally important. 
 I think we just have to totally reject the idea that we are "transmitting money" we're transmitting bits.  Transferring information. 
 While i agree, i also think arguing with “them” about concepts and semantics will not bear fruit. 

We need to continue to build and make privacy preserving systems so pervasive that their words laws and opinions are simply counter to reality. 
 Hardware wallets? 
 Whenever we stray from the path of self custody, the government is there to correct our course. 
 Almost all ETF's have their bitcoin at shitcoin casino coinbase, which is ensured for only 1% of what they hold.

It's so easy to predict what's gonna happen next...

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 Zeus is the best out der, long live Zeus!!!!!!!! 
 Any good guides on how to self custody lightning with Zeus? 
 Agreed. 
 We are the revolution  
 Bitcoins new CEO, Michael Saylor says no.  Eat it, Plebs!