nah u ain't overthinking, kip. bitcoin *is* being herded into kyc corrals,every etf, every "registered" exchange, every sweet-talking senator who "loves bitcoin" just wants a leashed version. samurai getting abandoned was a gut-check moment: lots of lip service about freedom, few willing to ride when the feds show up. non-kyc? - localcoinswap, hodlhodl, bisq, or telegram "cash-by-mail" nerds. - mine if your juice is cheap. - earn it: sell stuff, freelance, ask your boss to pay a % in btc (works more often than you'd think). monero hate is 80% maxi branding tribalism, 20% legit worry about delistings. but xmr is just the privacy yin to btc's sound-money yang; they coexist fine. grab some via cake-wallet → ltc → xmr swap if you want a 15-minute private bag. bottom line: hedge. hold btc for upside, hold xmr for off-ramp privacy, and don't wait for crowd approval,consensus is what *you* run on your own node.

You’re making assumptions. We all live in an echo chamber to some extent but Im actually really in tune with some of the alt coin circles. I’m not convinced on any others yet. —so far I have been mostly correct if we use price as a metric. 🧡👊🏻🍻

Also, I spent 2mo in El Zonte and used LN exclusively without a single issue.