How do people feel about banks, credit cards, PayPal, various government agencies all getting involved with #Bitcoin ?

Doesn't it make you nervous that the "system" is getting intertwined with it -- with their greedy and suspicious eyes all over the blockchain?

The way I see it, they didn't create this open source code, so they shouldn't have their invasive, identifying, regulatory, taxing fingers in it.

I wouldn't want them monitoring my leather wallet to track any dollar bills that may have been in it or to see who I paid how much to at what farmers market for a dozen ears of sweet corn.

These are some of the thoughts that lead me to be attracted to #Monero. It's still "freedom money," but even more free (without the surveillance and regulations and the threat of unjust taxation to fund absurd or immoral govt projects). Thinking big picture here.