I think the giveaway for this is "the dog that didn't bark". That is, if crypto was any kind of real threat to The System, every puppet and spokeshole and their brother would be flipping the fuck out about it continually.
Frankly, they would only need make reasonable and rational claims: that untraceable currency would be ideal for dark webbists, domestic terrorists, regular terrorists, foreign influencers, etc, etc.
For comparison, a number of years ago there was a brief program to frighten the sheeple with the concept of "three-ring terrorists". These were maniacs bent on random homicide who dodged the intelligence services by writing things down on paper, where they could not be remotely snooped upon. I think they gave it up when they realized that telling everyone to be suspicious of any person carrying around a binder was probably a bridge too far.
Not only that, they couldn't help but advertise it on TV on many occassions which would never happen if they were opposed to it. They even have some public figures promoting it now.
I mean, crypto's not inherently bad or good, it's just another invention, but even without direct evidence I feel certain they've got a backdoor into the math for the day they need to "pull the plug".
I think the giveaway for this is "the dog that didn't bark". That is, if crypto was any kind of real threat to The System, every puppet and spokeshole and their brother would be flipping the fuck out about it continually.
Frankly, they would only need make reasonable and rational claims: that untraceable currency would be ideal for dark webbists, domestic terrorists, regular terrorists, foreign influencers, etc, etc.
For comparison, a number of years ago there was a brief program to frighten the sheeple with the concept of "three-ring terrorists". These were maniacs bent on random homicide who dodged the intelligence services by writing things down on paper, where they could not be remotely snooped upon. I think they gave it up when they realized that telling everyone to be suspicious of any person carrying around a binder was probably a bridge too far.
Not only that, they couldn't help but advertise it on TV on many occassions which would never happen if they were opposed to it. They even have some public figures promoting it now.
I mean, crypto's not inherently bad or good, it's just another invention, but even without direct evidence I feel certain they've got a backdoor into the math for the day they need to "pull the plug".
Then, well, it's way way way too f-ing late.
Considering the encryption used is encryption that was released by the NSA yeah I think it's safe to say they have a backdoor