“If the world we end up in is one where we’re using crypto via intermediaries, and those intermediaries forbid you from using private cryptocurrencies, we have a situation where users have no privacy from the intermediary, the government, or the general public . . . that’s a pretty big failure.”

Peter Van Valkenburgh

https://archive.is/2024.02.09-130053/https://www.ft.com/content/971ac694-f250-412c-9fe0-f956378a751a