Dear Readers,
The governments of the world enjoy immense power thanks to their ability to control the money that humanity uses day in and day out for all its transacting. For starters, governments can print money at will, robbing their citizens in order to fund whatever excess catches their eye. Let’s not forget as well their ability to remove any of their detractors from the financial system with the push of a button.
Governments benefit quite a bit from that power, and they have no intent of giving it up without a fight. For that reason, it should come as no surprise that they’re willing to go to extreme lengths to tell lies and half-truths about Bitcoin, the monetary system that stands the greatest chance of returning financial self-sovereignty to everyday people.
Some of you may remember when we debunked a report several months ago from the European Central Bank (ECB) about cross-border payments. True to form, the ECB isn’t satisfied with lashing out against its strongest competitor, Bitcoin, just once, and released a blog post a few weeks ago full of inaccuracies. There are so many that we’ll jump right in:
