Bitcoin makes tradeoffs that make it more expensive than trusted, custodial solutions. That will always be true, no matter what soft forks are activated.
Many people will always choose cheap, trusted, and easy. And that is their choice.
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…for if joyful is the fountain that rises in the sun, its springs are in the wells of sorrow unfathomed at the foundations of the earth.
J.R.R. Tolkien
Some of y’all need to accept the following:
Many people in developed countries will never accept that they are wrong about bitcoin. Hyperbitcoinization and the death of fiat is not coming in the next decade.
NGU will continue, and yet, the people around you will continue to repeat mindless FUD. Bitcoin went from $0 to $60,000, and very few people changed their tune. When it hits $500k, nothing will change. Be at peace with this, for your own sanity.