Someone seems to be picking at advocates for real Bitcoin adoption - individual and community adoption. Hey @DarthCoin
Bitcoiners can be incredibly immature at times.
There comes a point in life where you have to accept the world for what it is, not for what you want it to be.
The cold hard truth is that the percentage of Bitcoin held by institutions and public companies is only going up from here. It will not reverse. The rubicon has been crossed.
Just today Saylor helped launch the Bitcoin Security Consortium alongside BlackRock, Fidelity, Coinbase and others. $15 million pledged to protect the network from future threats. Of course the institutions with the most to lose are the ones now funding Bitcoin's defence. That vested interest was always coming, and we could have done far worse than Saylor to lead the cause.
You can spend your energy raging against custodians, ETFs and corporate treasuries. Or you can accept that this is how a global monetary asset gets adopted and position yourself accordingly.
Bitcoin was always going to grow beyond the cypherpunks and Sovereign Individuals.
It is what it is.
Self custody your own stack, run your node, keep your keys. Nobody is stopping you and I will always advocate for this.
However, do not confuse your personal principles with how the rest of the eight billion people on earth will actually use Bitcoin.
Accept reality or struggle against it.
One of those paths sets you free. The other will just make you bitter.
It couldn't be better. Run your node so you'll have more privacy and don't share your keys with anyone.