What is left for Bitcoin? Would the original Bitcoin benefit from these scenarios? Perhaps the one thing Bitcoin enthusiasts consider the greatest strength of technology is that Bitcoin transactions are anonymous and impossible to censor. These features would disappear as soon as transactions with the Federal Reserve or Facebook or a network of brokers coordinating the sale of exchangeable assets were made. But if all that Bitcoin can offer in our hypothetical future is privacy and censorship, then we have to ask - are these things right now? There are no real names stored in the Bitcoin blockchain , but it records every transaction you make, and every time you use the currency you risk disclosing information that can link your identity to these actions. From documents published by Edward Snowden, we know that the US National Security Agency was looking for ways to connect Bitcoin Blockchain activity to people in the physical world. The NSA has tapped fiber-optic cables...