<story><title>The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto (1988)</title><url>http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.805/articles/crypto/cypherpunks/may-crypto-manifesto.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nannal</author><text>&amp;gt; The State will of course try to slow or halt the spread of this technology, citing national security concerns, use of the technology by drug dealers and tax evaders...&lt;p&gt;Bitcoin&lt;p&gt;Silkroad&lt;p&gt;The crypto wars&lt;p&gt;The crypto wars 2: The empire strikes back&lt;p&gt;and that&amp;#x27;s just one poignant sentence in the fairly small but very accurate manifesto.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>matt4077</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s quite funny to see people promoting such conspiracy theories, considering they&amp;#x27;ve already been proven wrong by reality.&lt;p&gt;Apart from some banana republics, governments around the world have been incredibly relaxed with regards to Bitcoin. The rules that have been established are as favourable as anyone could imagine (i. e. trading being exempt from VAT etc.).&lt;p&gt;Yes, they have insisted on existing rules, mostly of the know-your-customer variety. It&amp;#x27;s funny you&amp;#x27;re citing &amp;quot;national security concerns, use of the technology by drug dealers and tax evaders&amp;quot;, as if those were just talking points to hide the real reasons. Because for the life of me I can&amp;#x27;t think of any other, legal, activity governments are trying to suppress by regulating bitcoin. What exactly is that killer app of bitcoin that so frightens the establishment?</text></comment>
<story><title>The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto (1988)</title><url>http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.805/articles/crypto/cypherpunks/may-crypto-manifesto.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nannal</author><text>&amp;gt; The State will of course try to slow or halt the spread of this technology, citing national security concerns, use of the technology by drug dealers and tax evaders...&lt;p&gt;Bitcoin&lt;p&gt;Silkroad&lt;p&gt;The crypto wars&lt;p&gt;The crypto wars 2: The empire strikes back&lt;p&gt;and that&amp;#x27;s just one poignant sentence in the fairly small but very accurate manifesto.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Ajedi32</author><text>Also this bit:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; An anonymous computerized market will even make possible abhorrent markets for assassinations and extortion. Various criminal and foreign elements will be active users of CryptoNet. But this will not halt the spread of crypto anarchy.&lt;p&gt;See Silk Road, Bitcoin, Monero</text></comment>