I always bat this idea around. Is it NOT a free market? In a free market would there be warlords? Would there be Machiavellians orchestrating the disorganized majority?

If one doesn't think so, I would suggest a free market is a utopian idea. A non reality, counterfactual.

OR

The other option is we are all in a state of anarchy and it is our own minds that convince us we cannot freely transact as we please. The truth, in my estimation, is that most people don't realize they can actually do whatever they want and navigate the consequences of their actions. Make that thing, buy that good, provide that service, the only limiting factor is the market's demand for it.

Someone telling you to steal from an old lady and someone telling you not to steal from an old lady. What's the difference?

They're both telling you what to do, why can't these people just let people steal or not steal? Where do they get off telling others what's right and wrong?

Many such cases.

The only caveat I make is kind designations because there are a few apps out there that use the wrong kinds and it fucks up my other apps when I use them.

If you are making a new thing and have a new idea, just create a new kind to go along with that idea. Don't clog up already established shit with your novel approach.

Smart move for him.

Stablecoins are the logical next step for fiat. Treasury companies are just retarded, trying to turn Bitcoin into useless gold.

Apathetic inertia.

Some people literally don't know that you can take it in your own custody. They see it like it's a stock that only a trader can hold and buy and sell for you. To them, you sound as crazy as someone saying, "why don't people hold their Microsoft stock in self-custody?"

A blunderbuss is technically not a self-defense weapon, but if you are short on materials and don't have the means to get a better defense, something is better than nothing.

DIY is no different.

Happy Birthday.