Custodial and institutional usage of Bitcoin is not adoption. They are unable to resist state controls. Celebrating an increase of these two as adoption shows how little thought is put into what Bitcoin is.

If you're interested in learning about practical uses of BIP85, check this out. That's what caused me to begin writing this, and I found it to be extremely useful for making cold Samourai Wallet seeds that can be selectively imported for private spending.

Criticize @strike or Jack Mallers and you get hit with a number of "Mallerisms" from the fanboys: - regulatory moat - small step - superior payments rail - network adoption - game theory The only Bitcoin "adoption" that matters is by those who can and will resist state controls.

From the preamble of the GNU GPL: "[T]he GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change all versions of a program--to make sure it remains free software for all its users. [...]" u.fsf.org/3kz

So far the theme in 2023 is that trusted third parties having custody of your bitcoin is okay as long as you don't keep too much with them. Absolutely pathetic.

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Is it really so hard to understand? Ooooh, the latter hurts some "Bitcoin only" companies' profits.

Did I dream this or did I read *somewhere* that the Samourai Wallet Android app will support a "mix to xpub" feature sometime in the future?

Bitcoin privacy tools Samourai Wallet and Sparrow Wallet 🐦 have been added to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to Online Anonymity". anonymousplanet.org/guide.html