My introduction to Bitcoin was not palatable, people around me called it a Ponzi scheme, that was in it's early days and it is the reason why most of us didn't buy it then. Thanks to this forum I am very much enlightened about Bitcoin, it is a decentralized digital currency and a store of value, no government controls it and it is a hedge against inflation for centralized traditional currencies. Bitcoin has become a valued asset like gold in digital form, it is volatile but if you hold for a long term it will give you returns for your investment. Anybody that holds their Bitcoin in a none custodial wallet has privacy from governments, exchanges and third parties.