The government didn't create bitcoin. The cypherpunks created bitcoin in one way or another.
@ jonald_fyookball quote: "But it wasn't until Satoshi invented Bitcoin that it became possible".
*Actually, bitcoin didn't become possible until Hal Finney figured out his "RPOW could be added on top of Adam Backs HashCash to create the solution for the Byzantine Generals Problem which prevented systems like BitGold/Bitcoin from being a reality.
not that it really matters, but that makes it sound like Finney invented Bitcoin, not Satoshi.
Satoshi referend POW in his white paper first, did he not?