>I want to be able to trust the government that I democratically elect and I want this government to be able to gather taxes and even control the currency to so

>I want to be able to trust the government that I democratically elect and I want this government to be able to gather taxes and even control the currency to some extent. Well here is your mistake. Why would you ever trust a government, or anyone for that matter? Sure, we hope that people are good, but 99% of people operate based on an incentive structure. The incentives in bitcoin for the miners and the participants are well defined.