but yes generally people will have the most freedom when they run the software and control their utxos. if users don't care about maximizing their freedom they can just use cashu or something

I know of these projects and I have as you probably know experience with Lightning as I have a wallet here recieving sats. So Lightning and Arc will satisfy 8 billion people and you won’t have to trust a third party? Is that your explanation? No. Bitcoin will be a superior store of value. Not a su...