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Kajoozie Maflingo | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I wouldn't be shocked.

But they made it open source, so we don't HAVE to let them centralize it.  We can take it whatever direction we want.
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bd457760 | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Money equals Power.
The American empire is controlled by a oligarchy. This oligarchy has its own rivalries. I wouldn't wonder if bitcoin was invented and/or seeded by one group of oligarchs as a blow against another group of oligarchs (maybe entrepreneurs against land owners).