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Running an email server (I do that for many years), is like running a PUBLIC ROUTING LN node. You need some skills if you want to do it properly.
But you can still run a PRIVATE LN node with less skills required and is perfectly fine.
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The worst part of this analogy is that you do not have to run a mail server to not lose control of your emails and your address. You cab download the mail and switch your DNS at any time and leave a mail provider.
That's not true of a bitcoin custodian. They could rug you. You can't download / copy bitcoin or switch without the custodians permission.
There are many better analogies. Passwords. ID. Domain names. But they just suck less.
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I don't agree with the statement. Holding your own keys is significantly easier than running an email server and keeping it updated. However, a counterpoint is that holding your own keys does put more on the line if you screw things up.
I don't run my own email server. But I've had enough trouble with spam filters wrecking my day when I try to do email through my own domain that I worry a similar dynamic could be created with bitcoin: if we rely on a diversity of service providers to give us bitcoin services and then they get mergered and we only get a few big providers and then things are gated. Also: we live at the mercy of our email providers. If google and microsoft refuse to let your emails reach inboxes, good luck on getting any business done in this world.