> Pools of crypto guys who don't leak stuff are usually employed by governments. You're pretty on with this. I do believe it was created by a crypto guy emplo

> Pools of crypto guys who don't leak stuff are usually employed by governments. You're pretty on with this. I do believe it was created by a crypto guy employed within the UKUSA intelligence community, but as a side project -- perhaps even a side project based off of his/her work. I think the theories about the US and the American dollar don't pan out because there are more efficient ways of dealing with this than creating a new, solid (thus far) cryptocurrency and gaining acceptance and real-world value out of it. All this while maintaining absolute secrecy within the IC (where I have friends and acquaintances studying BitCoin, looking for theoretical attack vectors and de-anonymization techniques). SOMETHING should have leaked somewhere (most likely a politician, as they can't seem to keep their mouths shut.)