I agree with all of this. But I do think the CIA conspiracy theory has a couple of things going for it: (1) US government funding of Tor (it isn't above embracing freedom tech when it serves its purposes) and (2) the NSA's history of involvement in non-classified crypto to steer adoption toward weak ciphers.

While I don't seriously  think the CIA invented Bitcoin, we *do* need to be aware that three-letter-agencies may be working to subvert it.

Bitcoiners need to be whole lot more skeptical when the government decides to "help". I'll leave folks to draw their own conclusions about how that applies to a "strategic bitcoin reserve" and other current foolishness…