Nope . Satoshi papers right at the beginning A purely peertopeer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution Right now this is not working like that . Now the financial institution are the miners . Also in the same papers is mentioned Permissionless No arbitrary gatekeepers should ever prevent anybody from being part of the network user , node , miner , etc . Right now this is violated by miners , I am not allowed to use my money because of their greed . <| sep |> How can you hear that with no substance ? <| sep |> I know . I am afraid to fasttravel there due to the frequency of a dragon attack . <| sep |> Can you still buy those bikes ?