He may or may not be aware of those things; but, as he said, governments have been surprisingly friendly to bitcoin -- so far.  Perhaps because politicians do not want to seem anti-technology: they may think that they can get more votes by suporting bitcoin than by banning it. (Or perhaps for other more sinister reasons.)   But that is unlikely to last.



Most people wish that they could be as "inept" as he...


No, I have no love for big bankers either.  My league is that of my esteemed collleague Prof.  Bitcorn.