Post B2PhL0qWR9csIZ1H1M by 1d0820ac5c4cb37eb78c8b7855fc7d655d02e5aee72313c15d7eafdeef1a37d3@mostr.pub
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 (DIR) Post #B2PhKx6KMRtMgQNq6K by 20e17dd0ec1bb0832688e739ad89709d047deb23ed5146822efdd2d22ae504d7@mostr.pub
       2026-01-18T02:34:53.000Z
       
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       With #bitcoin being incorporated into tradefi and treasury, and acting like digital gold, almost backing stablecoins, why are people still bullish on accessing sovereignty stacking sats?It’s traceable and starting to be centralized.Why not jumping to #monero?#asknostr
       
 (DIR) Post #B2PhKyWx2wmb7HqcEq by 1d0820ac5c4cb37eb78c8b7855fc7d655d02e5aee72313c15d7eafdeef1a37d3@mostr.pub
       2026-01-18T02:40:00.000Z
       
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       it depends on how you define sovereign.the reasons you listed against bitcoin actually work in your favor from the point of view of wealth accumulation.if you're very poor, but can have transactional privacy, are you truly sovereign?conversely, if you're filthy rich but have zero privacy and operate under a system that trends towards totalitarian control because it's transparent, are you truly sovereign?you need both, I would argue. ideally that would be one asset, but right now (albeit less clear over the last year, monero has actually completely destroyed bitcoin in terms of capital appreciation) it isn't.so why not ride both waves and get the best of both worlds?
       
 (DIR) Post #B2PhKzlsQwJexrq38q by 20e17dd0ec1bb0832688e739ad89709d047deb23ed5146822efdd2d22ae504d7@mostr.pub
       2026-01-18T02:57:33.000Z
       
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       You have valid points.I would think that one should hold #bitcoin in ETF. If you wanna win the game, stack IOU sats (ETF) in a tax sheltered brokerage account and get gains without tax implications.One should then hold #monero incognito on chain.But what I meant was that most of my feed is the same vibe of influencer claiming sovereignty backing sats. They are now irrelevant in 2026. Bitcoin is no more cypherpunk magic internet money. Between Saylor and Black Rock, a big chunk of Bitcoin is centralized and they control the narrative.I feel that Monero is what Bitcoin was 10 years ago.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2PhL0qWR9csIZ1H1M by 1d0820ac5c4cb37eb78c8b7855fc7d655d02e5aee72313c15d7eafdeef1a37d3@mostr.pub
       2026-01-18T03:03:30.000Z
       
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       bitcoin never really was cypherpunk money.it's right there since the beginning, words to the tune of "if it's not private and anonymous, don't trust it, this is not the digital cash we (cypherpunks) envision".don't get me wrong, it was a great invention and it changed the game. but it didn't go far enough - which is why the legacy system eventually warmed up to it; the lack of privacy makes it controllable.but even without the privacy, at least we have something which can't be inflated away. it's a win in my book, but at considerable cost: financial surveillance became even more normalized because of the bitcoins and solanas and ethereums and dogecoins of this world.now, more and more people realize the situation is not tenable, and that we need privacy onchain (.. yeah, no shit).