Oddbean new post about login | logout If your primal objective with crypto is become rich rather being anonymous then something is wrong with your principles
Primary objective is to be sovereign. Which includes running the node I choose. I know how to use Bitcoin privately when I need to, it's truly not hard. Sometimes I zap in public, sometimes I buy in private, it's my choice
How can you be "sovereign" if you value your BTCs based on fiat speculations, like most hodlers do?
Does Monero not have a market price? I fail to see how this applies to Bitcoin but not monero Do Monero users not make purchases based on the current exchange rate? Are you asserting that if you participate in the market you are therefore not sovereign? But to answer your question directly, I am sovereign because I hold my own keys and I broadcast my own transactions and I audit the supply of coins without any third parties, using node software I've selected. If Bitcoin core updates to a new version tomorrow and I don't like it, I am not forced to use it
anonymity is not a goal, anonymity is a tool. What you said is exactly like saying your primal objective with woodworking is using a hammer. Doesn't make any sense.
I see your point but its more than that I think. without private wealth you don't really *own* your assets. because they can be taken from you by force. Privacy is a necessary condition of ownership in a hostile environment. as Mr nostr:nprofile1qqsqfjg4mth7uwp307nng3z2em3ep2pxnljczzezg8j7dhf58ha7ejgpz4mhxue69uhkummnw3ex2mrfw3jhxtn0wfnszynhwden5te0wahhgtn4w3ux7tn0dejszxthwden5te0wdjkuerfwshxummnvekxzun99e3k7mgrcp7e2 has pointed out ad infinitum, no privacy, no wealth, no wealth no freedom. So if *sovereignty* is the goal, privacy is a necessary prerequisite.
