I'll run knots pre-rdts while I'm still running a node, but I don't see much point anymore. For me this is sadly the end of the freedom money dream. Bitcoin is captured, the miners and suit consortium run it now, and they'll get whatever they want with bought and paid for core devs. The thesis that plebs are the immune system was tested and failed. So Bitcoin will inevitably become another Ethereum-like shitcoin. I'll stick around until Saylor pumps my bags and then I'm out for fiat gains. I believed Bitcoin could separate money and state. I was wrong.

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It will not die immediately, and other black swans that could undermine the projection may surface. If you want to divest, you should do it privately — though running a node is essential.
Why is it essential? Before yesterday I would have agreed, but plebs have no power. Holding keys is essential but consensus rules are now whatever miners and the Bitcoin Consortium say they are, no amount of pleb node runners will change that. I'm not divesting anytime soon. But my eyes are open now. No more freedom money, no more separation of money and state. I'm here for fiat gains. If you can't beat em, join em.
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