Hold L1 keys with relative ease, grateful to be able to be in direct control of my liquid capital. Thank you Satoshi. IOU fiat bank deposits are more complex, compromised and risky imo.

Self custody is what the protocol was built to enable...other options are not Bitcoin.

ETFs are shitcoin DINO compromising of the protocol...freezing sats out of P2P functionality...hoarding them into corporate banker custody. HWs are a FUD based scam.

Use Proton for email. Hopefully they are not a front/scam?

Coinos for LN convenience. Calculated risk with small sums to support and enable utility and adoption of MoE.

Linux for OS.

Absolute freedom is difficult as humans are social animals and will always naturally form groups/governments for security, economies of scale, power projection and property rights enforcement but the fiat banks have acquired too much power and fiat needs some healthy competition which Bitcoin has, and is providing.

Only acquire Bitcoin if you want to be part of the peaceful and voluntary collective monetary revolution building an alternative to the sly fiat debt slavery bankers cartel who have come to own and direct your government.

Freedom is seldom free of risk...most people will not seek, let alone achieve it.