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 Just realized that I am VERY glad that some of the earliest people to Bitcoin (a tiny fraction of the population) hold a significant amount of the supply.

Because these people have a certain set of values. 

It’s likely that when BlackRock owns a ton of Bitcoin and decides it’s in their interest to lobby the government for more regulation or a 6102-b style move, the earliest bitcoiners’ fortunes will be enormous.

In our political system, money is power, and I think it will be a very fortunate thing that a significant amount of influence will rest with those people who have Bitcoin’s best interest - and humanity’s best interest - at heart.