The CBDC product is a symptom of the black hole financial system that exists today. No one wants it and yet it’s growing in influence, in order to continue surviving. Destroying everything in its path and creating massive distortions in order to ensure that existing wealth does not escape its grasp, with conditions of spend.

Bitcoin is its own system. To acquire bitcoin in a CBDC world will require providing PoW to either the network (mining) or to existing participants. It is expanding and emitting light, like a white hole as described in #360669.

Currently we are somewhat privileged that a bridge or portal exists, connecting both systems. I don’t believe it will always be so, for everyone everywhere.

So yes, liquidity may be reduced for several years, but would it be the end of the world, if you could buy 50% less freedom vs absolutely none at all?