I will agree here on the nature of CBDCs being wicked in that they are the antithises of bitcoin, the ultimate embodiment of everything morally reprehensible about fiat. But I am growing in a postmillenial conviction and see passages like the one you reference in Revelation quite differently than I used to.

We now run the risk of highjacking this thread and the direction of the discussion 😬

The days ahead are likely tumultuous, and there may be a time where the technocratic sociopaths have their rule via CBDCs and a digital panopticon. But it won't last. It will implode because it goes against natural law and because God will not be mocked. Christ is Lord over the nations and his Kingdom is ever on the advance.

Bitcoin will not save us, but it is a powerful tool for resisting tyrants and establishing human flourishing.