I&#x27;m strongly reminded of &quot;I’m a Former Green Beret and Here’s How I Would Bring Down Bitcoin&quot;[1] (which I see is so popular it was just re-posted to HN after a week).  Only, instead of &quot;bring down,&quot; the objective is control; much more money to be made that way, I suppose.<p>I suspect that Bitcoin&#x27;s lasting value, at this point, will be as an object lesson in what happens to decentralized, open-source projects (particularly those that have placed themselves &quot;beyond regulation&quot;) once they start to have direct, and significant, monetary value.  I don&#x27;t think that it will teach libertarians to love strong government, but perhaps it make the views of such crowds, overall, more nuanced and less absolutist.<p>--
[1]<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11191416" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11191416</a>