High fees mean most people need to use third party solutions which will get KYC and surveilance requirements sooner or later. So what exactly did we win? We are creating our own surveilance and control machine operated by entities abiding any rules a government sets up. In El Salvador, almost everybody is using custodial lightning wallets. They log every transaction. Where is the difference to a bank or paypal?

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if you are concerned about $1 transaction fees, then you are using it as everyday payment rails, which isn't necessary for BTC. use it to store savings. first have more money, then store it once, without more transactions.