<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>Settebello wrote</title><author_name>Settebello (npub1yr…0ja94)</author_name><author_url>https://nostr.now/npub1yrshm58vrwcgxf5guuu6mztsn5z8m6era4g5dq3wlhfdy2h9qntsp0ja94</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://nostr.now</provider_url><html>This is my #bitcoin rant.&#xA;&#xA;When i first started in #bitcoin in 2021, it was quite simple. Buy, HODL. Bitcoin wasnt mainstream, bitcoin was still barely mineable. The big bad wolf was Eth and it was profitable to mine.&#xA;&#xA;Later on, came Lightning Network. Building nodes was a thing. Umbrel was starting as a OS, trying to ease the pain of building a bare metal node and trying to increase usability of Lightning network because the onchain fees were horrendous.&#xA;&#xA;Then came the crash after the 2021 ATH. Bitcoin Startups from 2021 tried to brace for impact, we saw some solutions for inexisting needs, we saw a bunch of HW coming to light, some nodes/servers chargeing a fortune for a below par computer.&#xA;&#xA;Fast forward a few years, adoption is high, institutional adoption is high, Onchain is centralised with Saylor and institution, Lightning Network is centralized with a few big corporate running node cutting off plebs nodes. &#xA;&#xA;You cannot build on BTC, you need to build around or make it fit. it is like a old bungalow that you cannot remove walls or roof but you are trying to scale it to a cottage (2 stories). Liquid Network failed, Rootstocl failed, now Spark is the trend.&#xA;&#xA;BTC is almost 65% of its ATH and is loosing all momentum.&#xA;&#xA;Influencers are now looking at the new kid on the block #monero. When are we going to see XMRsession?&#xA;&#xA;FML</html></oembed>