> You don’t have any of the autonomy, empowerment, voting ability, participation ability, authority, and independent validation of transactions that you have as someone who holds the keys and uses bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency directly.
With self-custody you don't have any of that either. Because you're completely dependent on the fiat price of Bitcoin that you have zero influence over and can just stare at a screen and cross your fingers all day for it to go up.
