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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, monitored Internet activity, and lured people onto compromised platforms by falsely pledging to protect their privacy - all to gather data that could link addresses to names and real identities.

As governments attempt to build and reinforce blacklists, they discover that the power to select which transactions to honor is in the hands of a few Bitcoin miners. Some of these key players are already feeling the stress of travel bans imposed by the Chinese government, although it is unclear whether certain claims have been made.

Bitcoin's initial adopters have responded to the dream of a single world currency that is private, free for all and under the control of the masses. But it does not matter to the seven billion people who still do not use Bitcoin. In networks, comfort and convenience are gaining in size. That's why you're on Facebook and not on any other social media site - because everyone else is. If cryptocurrencies are prevalent, the habits of the masses, not the wishes of Bitcoin's early users, will determine what Satoshi Nakamoto's vision will be.