> without being reliant on any private, corporate, or nation controlled services Sounds good in theory until one is faced with a fraudulent vendor, a suddenly

> without being reliant on any private, corporate, or nation controlled services Sounds good in theory until one is faced with a fraudulent vendor, a suddenly empty wallet or a transfer error due to some "fat fingers" mistake. Then people somehow get nostalgic for "how much of a shitshow the payments industry is" and how quickly it acts on chargebacks, scams or unauthorized spending.