Before you scoff at Bitcoin, make sure you’re smarter than these guys:

• Henry Ford wanted an energy-backed currency to decentralize wealth and weaken the banking elites.

• Nikola Tesla believed energy was the key to unlocking the secrets of the universe.

• Buckminster Fuller pushed for money measured in kilowatt-hours to drive sustainable progress.

• Friedrich Hayek argued for private, commodity-backed currencies long before crypto existed.

• Donald Trump was orange before it was cool.