Their were and are cypherpunks that work(ed) inside the system
Which moved to Monero years ago. Always sus to see someone promoting bitcoin and equating it with freedom/privacy when it is literally a fedcoin. https://m.primal.net/JfhN.jpg
It's the open and trackable coin, I do find privacy advocates of its usage odd for that reason. That doesn't mean Bitcoin is bad, it still is more sovereign than normal centralised cash. But privacy is not something I associate with Bitcoin.