Still thinking what was the role of government agencies in this...
If you wanted to neutralize Bitcoin, would you ban it or just convince Bitcoiners that using it betrays it? Turn p2p cash into digital gold you never spend, make HODLing revolutionary, let the community police itself. You wouldn't need to compromise code—just amplify voices during the block size wars, fund some conferences, let tribalism finish it. Now the most dangerous financial tech ever sits in Coinbase accounts, perfectly surveilled, while everyone thinks they won. Coincidence?