Vermin like Larry Summers and Ben Bernanke are promoting "cryptocurrency" now.  Do the math.  The main purpose of bitcoin is currently regulatory arbitrage, which is something the state would never allow on a long timeline.  They will claim volatility is too high + too many people are laundering money or not paying taxes and will force something like chain anchor on people, or create a fixed address alias system wrapper to go around bitcoin and mandate everyone use it or be considered a launderer.  

Bitcoin is stupidly easy for the state to co-opt, that's why they WANT you to use it.  They want all the cattle herded into this bullshit and out of the gold and silver market so they can then slam the door shut on the slaughterhouse with everyone trapped inside.  You are basically helping them enslave you by using it because it's inevitable they will turn this into their cashless society slave system in one way or another.  It's also clear all the R3 banker scum own far more Ethereum than Bitcoin, which is why they are constantly trying to pump completely useless and centralized Ethereum too.