When you become a Bitcoiner, you take up a new burden,

A new responsibility falls upon your shoulders.

For I tell you, not your keys, not your cheese—

If you do not hold what is yours, you have nothing.

Self-custody is the way of this revolution,

And to walk this path,

The duty is yours to bear.

Do not think that another can do it for you,

For that is not the way.

The freedom you seek comes with the cost of responsibility,

And no one else can carry that for you.

You must learn,

You must prepare,

You must take hold of what is yours,

For this is the way of Bitcoin.

There are many among you,

Brothers and sisters who will guide and teach,

But in the end, the responsibility is yours.

Should you misstep, there will be no one to blame.

This is the call of a Bitcoiner:

To guard what is yours with wisdom and care,

To embrace the freedom and the duty together.

Take this seriously,

For self-custody is the revolution.

Yes, you bear responsibility,

But in that burden lies great power.

You protect your wealth from seizure,

You free yourself from the grasp of institutions,

And in doing so, you help build a world

Where money is no longer ruled by the state,

Where freedom is protected, and takes root and grows.

This is more than protecting what is yours—

It is participating in a transformation,

A great shift,

Bringing about a world where control is no longer held

By those who would take or debase what’s not theirs.

Your private keys are the seeds of this new world.