Dug in a little via AI.

Short story: Incident called "Cablegate". Assange dumped US diplomatic cables. Legacy money shut out Wikileaks. He entertained bitcoin, Satoshi said no because it would draw regulators/governments at bitcoin.

Full story: https://grok.com/share/bGVnYWN5LWNvcHk%3D_7592efa2-d296-4a97-82d6-c80177947a33

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Protecting the nascent network was paramount. Premature notoriety invites centralising forces; did early regulatory scrutiny serve freedom, or imperil the protocol's quiet consensus?