Some people do compare the relatively free exchange of information on the Internet with cryptocurrencies, but modern democracies regulating commerce isn't anywh

Some people do compare the relatively free exchange of information on the Internet with cryptocurrencies, but modern democracies regulating commerce isn't anywhere near the intent of dictatorships regulating information. It is also quite easy for a state to exclude themselves from cryptocurrency networks, to the extent that the only transactions taking places are enabled by black market in person exchanges for cash, and no legal business entity could use that currency so you're left with the only thing bitcoin was really ever good for, evading legal controls to do trivial things or illegal things. Nothing more.