Time for a reality check. Okay, so I like the idea of CoinMD. It's a nice way for people with medical knowledge to get paid for their tips, but so far that's r

Time for a reality check. Okay, so I like the idea of CoinMD. It's a nice way for people with medical knowledge to get paid for their tips, but so far that's really about it. It's just yet another forum for medical advice, but with a gimmick. It's not even an original gimmick. The whole "integrate Bitcoin into everything" appears to be motivated by more of a cargo cult to appear modern and countercultural than anything rational. However, it does offer an alternative payment system and in this case it works, so I won't complain about that. But can we please let go of these childish fantasies that Bitcoin will overthrow all government and usher us into an anarchist utopia of voluntaryism and global human liberation? Those kinds of libertarian/anarchist pipe dreams were excusable during the very beginning of Bitcoin, when the protocol was still being sharpened and everyone was enthusiastic about this new idea. I don't know what kind of world the author lives in where he thinks people posting textual descriptions of their conditions on the Internet, backed by a digital currency, will revamp the healthcare system into an anarcho-capitalist institution and turn government irrelevant? What bullshit. Do I seriously need to explain that writing about your condition isn't enough to get diagnosed with anything beyond the most rudimentary of advice ("This might be that, but I'm not sure. Go see a doctor and try this herb in the meantime to see if it stops.")? Bitcoin will not render government irrelevant. You see, the thing is that even if the concept of Bitcoin theoretically can allow financial independence from the state, it's completely meaningless when your ecosystem is a mess. The Bitcoin ecosystem, as we have witnessed so many times, is absolute chaotic mayhem that can ironically only be controlled through state regulation, which many hardcore Bitcoiners are advocating for. Homeschooling is opting out of the state? Uh, last I checked, homeschooling requires one to be registered with the state, as well as offer vigorous and regular checks with it to ensure you're in line. The Silk Road isn't any different from your standard drug dealing market, only it's online and just as volatile and unreliable as the physical thing. Look, Bitcoin is certainly capable of great things, but these here are just naive pipe dreams.