>That's not right at all. You say this, yet what you described doesn't contradict my description at all. It is true that banks will do things governments ask t

>That's not right at all. You say this, yet what you described doesn't contradict my description at all. It is true that banks will do things governments ask them to do. It is also true that bank transfers are not perfectly private. All the drawbacks of bitcoin are also true. If you're going to defend it as, "far superior to existing currency movement mechanisms," then you should say why you think it is. I think it isn't - for the reasons stated.