> I never understood why many on HN have been so cynical [...] You ask the question and then proceed to answer it. > Satoshi [...] gave a gift to the world,

> I never understood why many on HN have been so cynical [...] You ask the question and then proceed to answer it. > Satoshi [...] gave a gift to the world, but it sadly got co-opted [...] In hindsight it was probably bound to happen, because money buys influence Because anything of value and fungible will invite exploitation by monied interests. > and taken over first by small-time grifters and now by the big boys at Wall Street. There is ample evidence to indicate that the predominant grifters are not small-time operators.