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by cowtools 1433 days ago
Custodial bitcoins defeat the entire purpose of bitcoin. The fact that you don't understand that speaks volumes about the bitcoin community.
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I don't use Lightning. That doesn't prevent me from seeing how Custodial Lightning solutions like "BitcoinBeach" in ES are miles better than Banks.
custodial ownership of bitcoins is a product of bitcoiners' defeatism: it only makes sense if you just want to make money and no longer care about the original values of bitcoin.