Jordan S on Nostr: Tell me which one sounds like the money people will use more? Option 1. You need to ...

Tell me which one sounds like the money people will use more?

Option 1.
You need to spend $250 on a specialized hardware wallet like a cold card.
$800 on a NODL, Umbrel, or Start9 for a Bitcoin Node.
$2,000 up to $180,000 for an AntMiner.
Another $800 for another NODL, Umbrel, or Start 9 for a lightning channel.
Another $800 for a Lightning Watchtower.
A Cellphone $250 to $2,000.
About $500 to $5,000+ for lightning channel liquidity.
Coinjoin, or Payjoin network fees for privacy when managing UTXOs.
$150+ for a specialized tor network router to protect all your traffic.
Cashu Mint Fees, Liquid Network Fees, Citrea Network Fees, etc.

Using Bitcoin Privately with Self-Custody low end of $5,650 up to high end of $192,000.


Option 2.
A Cellphone $250 to $2,000.
Maybe a hardware wallet $300.
Any Laptop, Raspberry PI, or Computer with approximately 500gb to 5tb, $500 to $3,000.
Network Fees

Low cost of running Monero privately with self custody $1000 up to high end of $5,500.