Tell me which one sounds like the money people will use more? Option 1. You need to spend $250 on a specialized hardware wallet like a cold card. $800 on a NODL, Umbrel, or Start9 for a Bitcoin Node. $2,000 up to $180,000 for an AntMiner. Another $800 for another NODL, Umbrel, or Start 9 for a lightning channel. Another $800 for a Lightning Watchtower. A Cellphone $250 to $2,000. About $500 to $5,000+ for lightning channel liquidity. Coinjoin, or Payjoin network fees for privacy when managing UTXOs. $150+ for a specialized tor network router to protect all your traffic. Cashu Mint Fees, Liquid Network Fees, Citrea Network Fees, etc. Using Bitcoin Privately with Self-Custody low end of $5,650 up to high end of $192,000. Option 2. A Cellphone $250 to $2,000. Maybe a hardware wallet $300. Any Laptop, Raspberry PI, or Computer with approximately 500gb to 5tb, $500 to $3,000. Network Fees Low cost of running Monero privately with self custody $1000 up to high end of $5,500.

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