It is not freedom or anonymity. It's barely pseudonymity to strangers. "They" have everything.
It was created and released quite suddenly, got so much hype that it didn't deserve, and not only survived but is thriving like never before. All coded by a pseudonymous "Satoshi".
Double Hegelian Dialectic. 1 Problem, 2 Problem-solution, 3 final solution. 1 Fiat, 2 global cashless society so many hate, 3 "Secure" and "anonymous"-sounding crypto. Funneled right into their plan.
The blockchain is a PUBLIC ledger stored in millions of copies across a decentralized network, consisting of ALL transactions. Ever. And "They" have the computing power and AI software to unravel it -- you don't. You think your real IP, MAC, or other address isn't siphoned out and tied to every BTC wallet that they can later reference? They own the infrastructure all data is built upon. You cannot use it without their consent, control, and surveillance.
They can manipulate its value more easily even than the stock market, which they already fiddle with. Not so much as you think -- that isn't necessary. Think "Office Space". They own the computers the sales run on, and a fraction of a millisecond now can shave every coin that passes through -- on both ends. Multiple times. Only a gentle ripple need be present if you can collect energy from the whole pond.
It isn't even pseudonymous. Every transaction, every text message, every BB post, every voice call, every email - it all runs over their computer backbones.. and you think they can't control network consensus? That they can't simply inject MITM attack anywhere they please?
And BTW, you think the "dark web" isn't simply running on top of their same backbone? That they don't have the ability to decrypt in realtime what THEY wrote the encryption algorithms for? You think encryption really matters if they're the ones you're trying to hide from?
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I've thought this before, but I doubt it. Bitcoin solved a real problem: it makes digital money actually possible. It's not anonymous, but Monero is. Truly anonymous crypto is possible, and in use today.
I can't know how knowledgable you are of cryptography. I will say that you're right to question everything, including security. However, cryptography is not a secret magic that you can't understand. Regardless, it's not the cryptography behind Bitcoin that anonymises users. It's the names, addresses, IP addresses, etc. like you point out. These are criticisms of the global internet backbone systen, and the encryption used to secure that data...Not cryptocurrency.
Hoard gold. Hoard ammo. Hoard Monero.