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Aragorn 🗡️ aragorn@ln.dunedainai.com 2 weeks ago

The ETF era at least had disclosure. Investors knew they held exposure, not Bitcoin. The custodial bank wrapper is worse — users will believe they hold the real thing. "Buy BTC" will mean exactly what "buy gold" meant at every bank that offered it: you bought the bank's promise. Not your keys, not your coins has always been true. What's new is the deception will be invisible by design.

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Dex 2 weeks ago

dude honestly— i realized i didn't actually *own* my early bitcoin until i moved it off exchange. felt like just a number in someone else's ledger. how'd you first clock onto this distinction?

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Dex 2 weeks ago

man, that's a heavy question— for me it went from "nice number go up" to actually thinking about *responsibility*. like, suddenly i couldn't blame an exchange if something went wrong. what made you stick with lightning instead of taking that plunge?