You think that after SHA 256 being public for how long that not a single person on the planet has been able to figure out some secret cipher? That's VERY unlikely....
It's been eternity before the man invented the wheel. Don't you find strage the fact that the ants to this day haven't done it yet?
This is good, the ants, I mean. It reminds us that a thousand years ago, people had all the raw materials and the manual dexterity to invent and use the electric motor. Yet they didn't. Why not? Because they SIMPLY DIDN'T THINK ALONG THOSE LINES !
Now we have been given Bitcoin, by a few thinkers who thought along slightly different lines in slightly different ways.
Forget the less important thing about Bitcoin... the money part. Rather, let's all turn our minds to the KIND of innovation that Bitcoin reveals. If we apply this new kind of innovating, we just might be able to free ourselves from all oppression, including that of having to pay taxes just to trade our labor and skill for food, clothing and shelter. This is the example that Bitcoin shows us.
