Absolutely!

And if they ban it they can’t very well tax it. And if they’re taxing it; they’re essentially taxing speech.

I particularly loved the explanation of bitcoin as speech in #[2]​ ‘s Bitcoin is Venice. “…we only use software to check the grammar”

The entire discovery/invention completely exposes all the theft and hypocrisy of the state. Nothing they do to fight or rent seek will age well.