I favor a conspiracy theory. For me, Bitcoin (and the whole disappearing creator act and hints of NSA involvement) has always been a tinfoil moment. This is th

I favor a conspiracy theory. For me, Bitcoin (and the whole disappearing creator act and hints of NSA involvement) has always been a tinfoil moment. This is the perfect mechanism for total economic awareness not the supposed virtues, such as anonymity, that it does not really have. The Ponzi schemes seem to have been permitted to establish the necessary infrastructure (mining, exchanges, etc.) and normalize the technology. Next stop should be the regulators post MSM preparatory media campaign (“Explainer: why we need crypto regulations today”). Then it will likely support CBDCs transactions (the CBDCs being the actual main event here btw). You will get a ‘wallet’ at birth and say goodbye to banks and remember that all you spendings are now recorded for posterity. (Remember “cash is bad” & is also a vector of nasty viruses). If the big 5 scammers go to real jail — double digit billions of dollars are involved here — and don’t end up suiciding themselves, i will reconsider my current take on this entire affair.