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 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.