Right. All that China business was pretty dodgy.

The anonymity question remains difficult, though. In times like ours the wish for anonymous coins makes a lot of sense. After all, there is literally a communist party in control of the world that wants to bring all resources under central control.

Bitcoin and an increasingly totalitarian control apparatus don't go well together. Complete traceability is great when you have order. It's terrible when the system is based on control.

The downside of anonymous coins is that blackmail and extortion become incredibly safe and easy. The same goes for human trafficking.

But when the archetype has run its course and the Party has run everything into the ground, Bitcoin as it was originally intended may have a chance and be a tool that increases order and freedom.