[jrogers65]

It'll be even more fun when argiculture and currency become distributed. I know that we already have bitcoin but imagine if it entered the mainstream. The powers that be would be reeling since they would effectively no longer be relevant and would have very little influence left.

Personally, I think that this is all going to cause today's authorities to become increasingly violent until they collapse as a result of the new ways making them obsolete. Then we just might see another golden age for humanity. My forecast is thunderstorms followed by bright sunshine.

[jstalin]

I think you're right, particularly when it comes to currency. Currency is the absolutely pinnacle of power of modern governments. Loss of that power means weaker governments. Most people don't realize that for much of the USA's early existence, currency was essentially outsourced to the Spanish Empire in the form of silver coins.