It's 2007. The economy is in increasing turmoil, with the housing bubble ripe for bursting and concerning news coming from overseas regarding the stability of

It's 2007. The economy is in increasing turmoil, with the housing bubble ripe for bursting and concerning news coming from overseas regarding the stability of the Eurozone. The CIA relays some troubling discoveries in the distribution of risk in the largest banks, and the Bush administration makes a request for proposals for contingency plans in the event of a global economic collapse. Enter the NSA's contribution, a distributed proof-of-work currency that provides early adopters with a majority share of the wealth and has the potential to revolutionize currency in general. The CIA is authorized to develop and deploy a series of operations, including the fabrication of a social structure that results in a viably large computing network to sustain the technology long-term with a mind-numbing pace. Enter Bitcoin, wherein the U.S. maintains a majority share of wealth in the event of a global economic collapse.