> the very point of them is to take the issuance and control out of the hands of sovereigns I think a lot of cryptocurrency enthusiasts are going to be solely

> the very point of them is to take the issuance and control out of the hands of sovereigns I think a lot of cryptocurrency enthusiasts are going to be solely disappointed when history teaches them the lesson that the common man cannot take the keys to the kingdom. It's a nice utopian idea to take take the issuance and control out of the hands of sovereigns. However I feel that history has taught us that this just doesn't happen. Eventually the cryptocurrency "free market" will get regulated and the leash will tighten, and central reserves will begin to issue token-based currency backed by a traditional resource. The technology will almost certainly carry over, but the open source element of it likely won't.