Let me tell you about independence—the kind they don’t want to hear about, the kind that doesn’t come with a price tag or a ledger full of holdings. Every single COPA witness, every last one of them, was knee-deep in BTC. They didn’t just dip their toes in the water—they were swimming laps in it. Micklejohn, Zooko, the whole parade—they’ve held BTC for years, their wallets fat with it, their livelihoods tied to its pulse. And yet they stood there, straight-faced, claiming independence like it wasn’t a joke.

But independence?
Real independence?

That’s when you’ve got nothing to gain and nothing to lose. The folks on my side—sure, the judge mocked them, the other side sneered—but they didn’t hold anything.

No BTC, no stakes, no hidden agendas. They weren’t invested because they didn’t care. And that’s exactly the point. They stood on the outside, untouched by the poison of speculation, unchained from the system they were asked to assess. That’s independence.

And yet, somehow, the narrative got twisted. They want you to believe independence is a game of balance, as if holding a financial stake in BTC doesn’t tilt the scales. But you can’t sit at the table, shuffling chips, and call yourself neutral. The other side would love you to think otherwise, though. They parade their witnesses like saints, when every one of them has a vested interest.

It’s not independence; it’s a farce.

So yeah, mock my people if you want. Say they didn’t "understand" it, or that maybe they "should have" been invested. But that’s the nature of true independence—it’s not about holding something; it’s about holding nothing. Because once you’re tied to it, once your financial position depends on it, you’re no longer independent. You’re just another cog in the machine, another pawn on the board.

S. Tominaga AKA CSW
Nov 26, 2024
https://x.com/CsTominaga/status/1861232483133784179?t=-EHXVrKrBRCqKmA2rB3swg&s=19

https://t.me/S_Tominaga/2171