Quote Originally Posted by Monty92 View Post
the idea until I heard one of the original investors in Bitcoin talking recently and I realised that these guys are basically small-state anarchists posing as libertarians. They are a certain strain of young, liberal Sillicon Valley types who instinctively think the state can only ever be a malignant force and are particularly keen to neutralise its ability to bomb brown people whenever they deem it appropriate. And this worries me.
I don't really understand how someone can just make up a currency that isn't backed by a central bank somewhere.

Surely the only people using it are criminals?