The English word “measure” comes from the Sanskrit word “maya”. Maya refers to illusion, but also the measurable world. Bitcoin is perhaps the most important freedom technology in Maya, but it is still therefore part of the matrix, the world of things, of the measurable. While we talk of “escaping the matrix” in Bitcoin, and this is true that a relative escape is achieved by learning about how a fiat monetary system inhibits freedom across a range of measures, these are not the highest freedoms, because they are still relative freedoms within Maya,
To put it another way, Bitcoin can give many freedoms. And …the highest freedoms, Bitcoin cannot give you.
No asset or technology can.
You can have all the self-custodied Bitcoin, but …
If your mind continually moves from past events, to future plans, and you are unable to have it stay anchored in the present, then you are not free.
If you get triggered, and your emotions are decided by the words of others, then you are not free.
If you get irate and frustrated whenever someone criticises bitcoin then you are not free.
If you have many unrealised desires and ambitions that you believe you need to be fulfilled before you can be content, then you are not free.
If your mind gets unsettled when events do not go the way you want without delays or imperfections etc, then you are not free.
If while maintaining money, you fear losing it in the future, then you are not free.
If you feel fear when you lose some money or resources from your life, then you are not free.
If after realising one financial goal you feel compelled to quickly set a bigger one, then you are not free.
Bitcoin contributes to freedom. But it doesn’t cause freedom Freedom over your own mind is the ultimate self-sovereignty.