but the possibility of having my own independent, decentralized financial system without central banks controlling the game.

This is what I am hoping for and, I am hoping that I can use it for localized governance, instead of the current nonsense we are using.

Fiat is owned by the banks, not the people. They print as much as they want, they inflate or deflate as they choose - they take whenever they need. It is a terrible system of control. It has to end.