The Bible does tell us this story:

The money changers in the temple are described in the New Testament as individuals who exchanged foreign currency for Tyrian shekels, the only coins accepted for the temple tax, which was required of adult male Jews for the service of the temple. This service, while necessary, became exploitative, with excessive exchange fees charged to pilgrims, many of whom came from distant lands with Greek, Roman, or other foreign coins that bore images of pagan rulers and were therefore unacceptable for temple offerings. Jesus drove out the money changers, along with those selling sacrificial animals, from the temple courts, overturning their tables and accusing them of turning the house of prayer into a "den of thieves" by prioritizing profit over worship. This event is recorded in all four Gospels—Matthew 21–13, Mark 11–19, Luke 19–48, and John 2–17—and is interpreted as a prophetic act condemning the commercialization and corruption of religious practice, emphasizing that the temple should be a place of genuine devotion rather than a marketplace.

For me, I interpret it as the effects of central entities making money off of the exchange of fiat currencies, and propelling usury and stealing what one had done nothing to earn. I don’t know of a better way to hit you as a Bitcoiner with them being called money-changers.

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