This week the US quietly withdrew proposed rules that would have forced surveillance on self-custodied crypto wallets. Everyone's cheering. And they should — it's good news. But notice the pattern. The win wasn't crypto gaining a new right. It was a government declining to take one away. We've started celebrating not-getting-hit as if it were winning. A reprieve isn't the same as freedom. It's just the fist opening, for now. When did "they decided not to restrict us" start feeling like a victory? #crypto
