“Turning once again to the question of FUD, I would observe that there has never been a period in all these long centuries when an absolute guarantee against whales could have been given to our people. In the days following the 2008 crisis, the banks responsible of this crisis were put in charge of our nations. There was always greed, and it is this greed which has excited and befooled the imaginations of our masters.
Many are the tales that are told.
We are assured that novel methods will be adopted, and when we see the originality of malice, the ingenuity of aggression, which our enemy displays, we may certainly prepare ourselves for every kind of novel stratagem and every kind of brutal and treacherous manœuvre. I think that no idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered and viewed with a searching, but at the same time, I hope, with a steady eye. We must never forget the solid assurances of cypherpunk power and those which belong to decentralized power if it can be locally exercised.
I have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best integrations are made, as they are being made, we shall prove ourselves once more able to defend our wallets, to ride out the storm of bears, and to hodl, if necessary for years, if necessary alone. At any rate, that is what we are going to try to do. That is the resolve of the Crypto nation and every man/woman/non-binary-individual belonging to it. That is the will of the Cypherpunk community and the Decentralized internet.
Bitcoin and Ethereum, linked together in their cause and in their need, will defend to the death their native codes, aiding each other like good comrades to the utmost of their strength.
Even though large numbers of ICOs, and many old and famous exchanges have fallen or may fall into the grip of the IRS and all the odious apparatus of banks rule, we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in Europe and overseas. We shall fight in-real-life and online, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength, we shall defend our wallets, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on our smartphones, we shall fight on our computers, we shall fight on the streets and in courtroom, we shall fight in jail; we shall never surrender.
And if, which I do not for a moment believe, this nation or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our miners beyond the seas, armed and guarded by blockchain anonymity, would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.”