OK. I now understand your argument and think it's valid. Then what's the best path forward, in your opinion? The answer isn't obvious to me. My gut tells me that there must be a better "compromise" technical solution that hasn't been proposed yet.

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Based on pros/cons, I'd say: 1) the soft fork to reduce the legal and ToS weapons used to strangle nodes and wallets and for maximizing Medium-of-Exchange survivability. 2) pushing for more alt-client decentralization (e.g. non-brittle ossified build, etc). 3) pushing to decentralize mining with DATUM/Stratum V2, some home or community mining using non-pool templates. 4) pushing to make privacy and self-custody defaults + non-custodial payments. 5) looking for more ways to blunt perimeter levers (at least wallet and app-store independence). 6) pushing for routine, verifiable Proof-of-Reserves across custodians.