Other ppl have offered more informed thought $ (imho Vietnam not a consideration) Bitcoin Origin was expression of an antistatist ideology ‘tyrant free’ and ‘non-state money’. Essential for Bitcoin’s initial value and its early survival.https://twitter.com/kubakostecki/status/1040252195919159296 …
Had the world remained on a Gold standard, the subsequent financial crises would unlikely to happen or happen at the same scale. Fiat-induced financial crises provided the perfect political environment to launch something like Bitcoin.
