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That’s Jack if he fought the state instead of complying with their demands. The quote is true though.
all money starts as a store of value. medium of exchange follows if enough people adopt it. it wasn't even really that long ago that coins became a major thing, about 2500 years in the early days of the roman empire empires always try to take control of issuance and then debase it if they can. i think that's a more important thing about bitcoin than its use as a payment instrument. it stops being a store of value if it is debased, which rugs the payment usage. famous quote from Lenin about exactly this as a part of communist demoralization of the economy to institute central control of production.