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    September 18, 2026, 04:55:07 PM
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    One thing I'm afraid of about all this is when institutions start influencing people on how they store their Bitcoin. People begin to believe that keeping their Bitcoin with a third party is way better and safer. This makes fewer people understand self-custody and more likely to put all their Bitcoin with a third party, which makes institutions stronger because they hold more people's assets. Subtle but surefire methods like these will gradually change people's perceptions of Bitcoin and undermine the fundamental value that Satoshi embodied.
    Yeah, this is a problem. I think it's actually the only serious problem. It is increasingly difficult to use Bitcoin without a centralized service. For now, you can hold it without needing an exchange, but when it comes to usage, it's now difficult to use Bitcoin P2P without a centralized service. The more centralized services get created, the more they will market it in a way that will make people continue to use them. CEXs are already convincing people that their Bitcoin is safer with them. People will always use self custody anyway, but the number of those people will be reduced in the future from what I can see.

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