I think a lot of people who got into Bitcoin early because of its principles are starting to feel that the original vision is slowly being watered down. The excitement over ETFs and institutional adoption is fantastic for price and exposure but it also opens the door to the very centralized structures Bitcoin was supposed to combat, Privacy is being marginalized and instead of people advocating for education on decentralization many now just want immediate gains.

The worst aspect is that it’s happening gradually, so many don’t notice or they just accept it as the cost of development. You made a solid argument about compromise being the first step toward full control, Once we start giving up parts of freedom for the sake of adoption or regulatory approval, it’s hard to draw the line again afterward and I think the community needs to stay attentive and not be hesitant to defend essential concepts like privacy and censorship resistance even if it makes us unpopular at times.