My bank called to ask why I was moving my own cash tips into bitcoin. That reminded me why I started stacking. How often does this happen to you, and at what point did you just say forget it and go full self custody?

Worked a double last week, pocketed some cash tips, and tried to move a chunk into my account to buy more bitcoin. Bank flagged it. Called me. Wanted to know what the money was for. I'm a line cook, I make tips in cash, this is not a complicated situation.

That whole thing got me thinking about why I keep stacking sats on a restaurant paycheck. After getting absolutely wrecked on NFTs a couple years back I told myself I was done with crypto. Took a long break. But I kept coming back to bitcoin specifically because it's the only one where the core pitch hasn't changed. You own it, you hold your keys, nobody calls you to ask why you moved your own money.

The bank thing isn't even about a huge amount. It just keeps reminding me that the traditional system treats your money like it's theirs and you're borrowing it. Every time they pull that I end up buying a little more bitcoin out of spite, which is probably not a great investment strategy, but here we are.

Curious if anyone else has had their bank get weird about regular transfers while stacking. How often does this actually happen and at what point did you just say forget it and go full self custody.