"Bitcoin has a lot in common with what Napster was when it arrived. They are ops, honey-pots, and convention busters. They are supposedly rogue operations, but that makes zero sense given that they could be shut down with the flick of a switch.

Richard Richard said "Bitcoin has a lot in common with what Napster was when it arrived. They are ops, honey-pots, and convention busters. They are supposedly rogue operations, but that makes zero sense given that they could be shut down with the flick of a switch. Only an "inside" operation could possibly gain the traction that they did. They are trying (successfully) to alter behaviour.

Bitcoin is especially ridiculous. Does anyone truly think that the U.S. Dollar would allow such blatant competition when America has demonstrated explicitly that it will do anything to expand and protect its hegemony?"