There are no "lock up" periods in bitcoin that you need to protect to get a great exit whilst dumping on retail.

I know, and I'm not saying Bitcoin and Solana are on the same level quality-wise. You do believe in free markets though, right? Nobody forced anyone to buy Solana, and it's not like the initial distribution was unknown or hidden or covered up. For whatever reasons, people bought it, knowing the conditions of the deal. Some made money, some didn't, and that's what a free market is. My point though was that we'd probably be cheering it on had Trump surrounded himself with only hardcore bitcoiners, most of which are already unreasonably wealthy by normie standards, and who'd have become even more ridiculously wealthy had the Trump crypto move been a Bitcoin-only deal. But it wasn't and now people are riled up. For someone on the outside, Solana or Bitcoin, same shady deal. At the end of the day, his network and trusted people leaned more in another direction and they bet on that, he wanted his own token, and Bitcoin can't do that today, so he went with a production-ready smart contract-capable chain, which ended up being Solana because that's what his closest and most trusted lieutenants knew. Honestly I don't see the big deal (hah) here, and also I don't see how this is not good for crypto (including bitcoin). The more people who are well versed with wallets, addresses, hardware wallets, self-custody etc, the better. A substantial proportion will figure it out in the end (less tokens with zero utility, more tangible stuff like btc). And that'll be one of the outcomes of this whole shenanigan, in my opinion. Also, I am pretty sure Bitcoin will be part of the strategic reserve. It just won't be BTC only, that was always a maxi fantasy. Just my 2 sats.