bitcoinwell on Nostr: Gary Cardone looked at self-custody, saw a little friction, and said "GTFO, not ...

Gary Cardone looked at self-custody, saw a little friction, and said "GTFO, not scalable."

That reflex is the entire reason Bitcoin had to exist.

You see, the dice rolls aren't the point. They're a UX problem, and UX problems get solved. What doesn't get solved on its own is the mindset underneath the comment: the belief that doing the work yourself is beneath you, that "serious money" hands its keys to a suit and calls it control.

It isn't control. The money an institution holds for you is the money that gets frozen, loaned out behind your back, and seized. Ask anyone whose account froze in 2022. Ask the Americans who lived through Executive Order 6102.

The friction is temporary. The subservience is permanent, right up until the day you decide to hold your own keys.

Serious money isn't the money a custodian guards. It's the money nobody can take.

Not your keys, not your coins. Not your entropy, not your keys.