When? 2001. By a mathematician known as Glenn M. Lilly, employed by and under the direction of the NSA.
Why? As a control mechanism to tax, as well as trace each individual with ease.
So a US agency made a payment system available for every person around the world so that it can trace and tax them?
Even if they only cared about US citizens they gave other people around the world a way to transact without the involvement of banks and hide their savings.
Was it a trojan horse for the rest of the world?
What about the people who mined their coins and then transacted with other Bitcoin users? Their identities are not linked to their wallets. Did the NSA forget that the system doesn't work when the ID of a user cannot be associated with a wallet?
1. That’s what it’s starting to look like as each day passes imho. There is a lot of corruption within the government (worldwide), unfortunately the corrupt ones are not stupid. They are all about insurance policies when it comes to control & power. Crypto-currencies will not impose restraint on the governments ability to emit or coin more crypto than exists. If they eventually taxed you directly at your wallet level, what’s to stop them? You see how fast they can make/change laws?
2. Banks work alongside governments, as well as ISP’s, etc. They have been working towards a one world order, and this crypto is just another piece of the puzzle.
On the contrary, most, if not all cell phones or internet connected devices have a “hard coded” MAC/serial number that is tied to an individuals internet service provider, which is tied to someone that showed an ID to open the account, the serial/MAC of that device links the name, directly linking the identity - via multiple steps. They have already started contact tracing for COVID19 by way of an individuals cell phone, imagine the things they are doing and not telling you about.
As far as Trojan horse, anything I say about that would be pure speculation but if you asked for my opinion I would say it’s designed to keep the government in control as they collapse the USD, it keeps their foot in the door so to speak. It gets people comfortable with the idea of using it. “Only criminals use it”, “you can’t be traced”, “it’s anonymous”, etc. And at a time like this, hardly anybody trusts the government, so if you ask me it was perfectly advertised and perpetuated by the mainstream media. Again, that’s just my opinion.
The internet was also invented for military use (NAVY), so everything we do on here (regardless of how “anonymous” you think it is) it’s really not.
3. If one were to guess, it would be collateral damage at the miner level. And all huge mining operations are generally taxed and regulated. Think about the device your using, cell phone, computer, etc. then it will make a lot more sense. Every device has a unique identifier (Media Access Control) responsible for sending and receiving packets. And every device you connect to the internet with a crypto wallet sends and receives packets, as well as packets identifying the user of said device likely via ISP/provider account information. These packets can be intercepted without you ever knowing. This certain 3 letter agency is proficient at it. Without warrants. Therefore, your wallet can be easily directly tied to your actual identity, and it can be done without you ever knowing about it.
Like I said before, these people are corrupt. However, they are not stupid.
I was arrested by the FBI at age 26 so it’s more than likely I know what I’m talking about when it comes to matters of privacy and DOCSIS. I was snitched on by someone who also worked in the same field.