Big day for long form writing for me today. Phew.

Over the past few years Bitcoiners went from dismissing Lightning to cheering on custodial solutions. While many of those solutions have great properties and make sense for low-balance wallets, we shouldn’t lose sight of the goal - great non-custodial UX that Bitcoiners actually *want* to use. Luckily we have the tech for it (now), we just need the motivation and resources to build great wallets using it!

Custodial Solutions Are Not Solutions

Our own Matt Corallo gets to the core of what makes bitcoin everything that it is: self-custody. Without it, bitcoin is just another form of fiat.

This neither increases privacy nor simplifies accounting. View quoted note →

It’s weird that society is now at a point where we can pick (some) traits for our kids (including biasing towards height/attractiveness/intelligence!) but the outrage machine hasn’t caught on yet.