For the sake of the intriguing argument I'd go with Scott Adams' AI / singularity idea: http://blog.dilbert.com/2014/04/09/how-the-robots-will-take-over/ http:

For the sake of the intriguing argument I'd go with Scott Adams' AI / singularity idea: http://blog.dilbert.com/2014/04/09/how-the-robots-will-take-over/ http://blog.dilbert.com/2014/04/09/how-the-robots-will-take-... Basically, according to that argument Bitcoin and blockchains are an AI-conceived ploy to stabilise markets and eliminate irrational human behaviour from the equation.