<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>whit wrote</title><author_name>whit (npub14d…w0xv0)</author_name><author_url>https://nostr.now/npub14d7ezuzsy55f6c2f4k02r27yeexyj42a7uvsfu53xmpzx7z75mmsnw0xv0</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://nostr.now</provider_url><html>Bitcoiners keep telling plebs:&#xA;&#xA;“Opt out.”&#xA;&#xA;Meanwhile Wall Street packaged Bitcoin.&#xA;&#xA;Banks got permission to custody it.&#xA;&#xA;The IRS got the forms.&#xA;&#xA;The U.S. government built a Bitcoin reserve.&#xA;&#xA;Corporations stacked hundreds of thousands of BTC.&#xA;&#xA;Mining coordination concentrated.&#xA;&#xA;Crypto PACs poured money into politics.&#xA;&#xA;And somehow I’m supposed to believe the old power structure just wanders off into the woods and dies?&#xA;&#xA;NAH&#xA;&#xA;The protocol can be decentralized while POWER piles right back up around it.&#xA;&#xA;That is the fucking point.&#xA;&#xA;I am not saying Bitcoin fails.&#xA;&#xA;I am saying institutions are not stupid.&#xA;&#xA;They do not need to destroy Bitcoin.&#xA;&#xA;They can own the gates.&#xA;&#xA;Custody.&#xA;Capital.&#xA;Access.&#xA;Politics.&#xA;Infrastructure.&#xA;&#xA;That is how power survives revolutions.&#xA;&#xA;It learns the new language.&#xA;&#xA;So spare me the fairy tale that Bitcoin automatically saves the plebs.&#xA;&#xA;The question is not:&#xA;&#xA;“Will Bitcoin win?”&#xA;&#xA;The question is:&#xA;&#xA;WHEN BITCOIN WINS, WHO WINS WITH IT?&#xA;&#xA;Because if ( when ) the same banks, funds, corporations, political machines, and billionaires end up controlling the easiest roads in and out…&#xA;&#xA;Congratulations.&#xA;&#xA;You built a new monetary highway.&#xA;&#xA;And handed the toll booths to the same motherfuckers.&#xA;&#xA;And if you need receipts 🧾, HONEY 🍯 CHILD : I have them.&#xA;&#xA;#POW #BTC #btc #fax </html></oembed>