It depends on who wins the culture wars. If BTC is captured or subverted and we end up in a tightly controlled digital dystopia where everyone is 'happy' then they will likely write that BTC was a violent mind virus that caused irreparable damage to social cohesion at that time. Memory holed as a silly ponzi. If we win the culture then BTC is a discovery as potent as fire itself. It is seen as a human capability 'force multiplier' as #bitcoin needs humans and then robots to apply its network effects. View quoted note →