As we begin to see BTC rise as we've expected, I am reminded that it's not as much about that tiny increase of value reflected in fiat trash, particularly this early. The importance of bitcoin will become clear later. (This is what a real hedge looks like.) Right now, it's still all about the stacking. The real gains aren't here yet. We're still SOOOO early. This is true even at $1M. It's true at $10M. People can't fathom what the value looks like when fiat is entirely offset by property with perfect scarcity.
Real fascists are the ones who censor speech, and use 'private' (not really) companies, as well as formal govt agencies, to surveil as much of your life as possible into databases, and try to disarm innocent people while protecting armed criminals. They also like to point at traditional non-fascist free people and project their fascism onto them.
As some have noted here, temporarily moving to Swan is a good start point, but a cold wallet like Coldcard or Blockstream Jade should be the final goal. I prefer Swan's willingness to not use Plaid for BTC/USD exchanges & instead use the traditional bank routing/account numbers. I refuse to use Plaid since it requires your user/pass for your bank login—a big security violation. As well, you're trusting a 3rd party service with ALL your banking data/history. River and Strike both use Plaid. (I've found some banks don't even know of Plaid's existence yet. Also, because there hasn't been a report of some kind of hack of Plaid yet doesn't mean it's not a significant liability, similar to exchanges.) The Cash App also uses traditional routing/account numbers, like Swan, but that's a hot wallet. It's good for moving things around or a quick purchase, but not a long term storage solution.
https://coldcard.com/https://blockstream.com/jade/
I haven’t used this platform as much as I could, really. I’ve been waiting for it to develop. I’ve been wanting something which is as decentralized as bitcoin, and nostr comes across more similarly to a proof of stake system like ETH. As well, it seems the front end software (like damus) is prepared to stop access for content they don’t approve of (looking at the language in damus’ EULA & what one must agree to to use it). So I don’t use damus. But as with all healthy free markets, there’s competition, and so far it seems to be a true enabler of free speech, which is clearly very important.
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