Jeff consider Bitcoin as a Hedge against financial madness currently taking place. People should always remember countries like Zimbabwe and Venezuela and all other countries thinking about devaluing their dollar to deal with economic problems. There would come a point when the central bankers can no longer print notes to keep up and their dollars goes into free fall (Venezuela). No one is spared from this toxic debt, thank God for Satoshi, he realized the manipulation in Gold and Silver, an created a system where trust is built in and the fundamental of demand and supply (cap 21million) gives it a lasting and sustaining value base. No one country or individual has a backdoor and its as transparent where multiple confirmation secures the chain. Its the invention of the 21 century