Don't underestimate the number of UTXOs that are going to be captured
and the penalties tthat will be levied on those that don't interact with the walled garden system.

If Bitcoin is actually successful and becomes a legitimate threat to the banking system, they are going to kill people that don't comply.

They aren't going to be "Bitcoin products offered by companies for convenience" They're going to issue paper BTC or some bullshit cbdc instead and self-custody will be de facto criminalized.

Although in reality, they probably don't need to take it to that point
because 99% of people will voluntarily give up their UTXOs in exchange for convenience and increased purchasing power.

Bitcoiners are not preparing for war.
They just fantasize about NGU and how rich are they going to be inevitably.

Nobody understands how bad the "then they fight you" part is. 

 I respect that stance, I think Bitcoin needs people like you to call out potential threats. I do agree there is likely harder times ahead of us and the powers that be will not relinquish that power willingly. 

However, I have hope that most people have more to gain from embracing Bitcoin than fighting it and once we have enough people on our side it will be impossible to fight.

Bitcoin was designed to resist nation state level attacks and I find it highly unlikely that the government is going to start executing people for holding their own keys. Don’t forget that the government still derives its power from the citizens and if they push it too far they will lose all of their power.  

That being said, self custody is a hill that I am willing to die on. I just hope that it doesn’t come to that.🤷🏼‍♂️ 

 Its naive to think they won't defend their ability to extract value from society with extreme force.

Saylor knows this.

https://v.nostr.build/xGuEOKkzcUmb2e9e.mp4 

 Maybe we need to introduce this new form of money in some sly roundabout way. 👀 

 I think that is indeed the point. "A sly roundabout way" means we just start using it p2p.
Not that we seek the sanction of regulators and legacy systems.

Freedom is right now.
We don't need a particular USD price point.