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 What's the rush? Low time preference, Bitcoin will be here for a very very long time and we'll fix anything that needs fixing in time. Patience.

Plus, the majority of people will likely never self custody and IMO that's okay. The important thing is Bitcoin offers the option to self custody or to choose companies that offer transparency to customers on the assets they hold, and as long as people have the ability to choose self custody then we can hold all custodians accountable.

Custodians are not the enemy, they are just another service that within large economies has demand and will always have demand. In a way anyone who helps other people with securing their assets is a custodian. You see people on here talk about orange pilling someone and being a backup for them if they lose access to there wallet. That's being an unpaid custodian. Anyone with access to funds that are not owned by them are custodians for those funds.

Society has been poisoned by FIAT currency and dishonest unaccountable banks, Bitcoin fixes both of those issues. They can't print more, and dishonest actors will eventually be pushed out by honest ones.

Just be patient, humanity will outshine our FIAT clouded expectations when we are all on a sound money once again.

Things will work out in the end.