Brilliant point. It's the anonymity of bitcoin legend Satoshi Nakamoto that scares them. This is the revolutionary narrative they fear. There is a reason they destroy all heroes and all legends.
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Many brave revolutionaries, once they seized power, went mainstream and became maintainers.
They got institutionalized, infiltrated, and corrupted.
As an 'external' observer, I see the same process here.
Sometimes, hard forks or religious schisms are historical necessities."
Yes. Rothbard said that State always goes after intellectuals first. They bribe them and turn them into their mouthpieces.