2009 IRS levied my bank and trading accounts 
2010 State Department revoked my passport, and I became debanked. 
2012 I used Bitcoin for purchases at Porcfest and to pay for weed delivered by a drone.
2013 I sent 2 bitcoin to a woman in who took her entire village out of poverty.  Also, Ross Ulbricht was arrested and The State seized control of a large amount of bitcoin, and bitcoiners allowed it . . . because they loved things more than freedom.
2014 I could do anything I wanted with bitcoin.

10 years later, I drive anywhere from an hour to twelve to buy dollahs.  

Don't tell me you all have made progress and are more free than you were.