"Thanks to Bitcoin anyone can use the asymmetric defenses of cryptography to their economic advantage. A symmetry is at the heart of Bitcoin security....
"A year and a half ago, two years, bitcoin was still a joke. Bitcoin was still something that was very hard for someone legitimate...
"...The age of controlled money had arrived — and with it, world wars, depression and inflation, enormous government indebtedness, and the rise of leviathan...