Bitcoin is decentralized, secure, and uncensorable on the base layer. As a result of optimizing for these 3, it is not inherently private. I think this lack of privacy is what scares governments the most. Imagine being able to audit every utxo the government receives in taxes and track how it is spent. They will fight to stay on their obscured fiat ledger system as long as possible.

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