[UncleMeat]

Listen to yourself. Decoys? What percentage of people do you think won't go running away screaming when you tell them that this is how they should store their wealth? If I lose my bank password I can walk into a branch and talk to a human. No need for metal etchings and incantations.

[sparkie]

Yeah, not everyone needs custody of their own money.

But those of us who do, can.

Under fiat, we can't.

[UncleMeat]

And that'd be fine if btc was a niche product for a few people who want this control but it also comes with extreme social costs in terms of emissions. The power use argument that advocates make is that it'll be fine once btc is used by literally everybody.