@broncnutz (by the way are you in Denver? I am) it's a very interesting article and an even more interesting discussion. As much as I would LOVE to believe that the blockchain cannot be hacked by the Mafia Owners - that just seems ridiculous - everything "manmade" has it's undoing - also "manmade" - it's Natural Law - the Law of Polarity - " "Everything is dual; everything has poles; everything
has its pair of opposites; like and unlike are the same;
opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree;
extremes meet; all truths are but half-truths; all paradoxes
may be reconciled."--The Kybalion." - we can't "outsmart"
"them" playing their own game - a different currency - a different monetary system - the only system that will kill them is if we don't care about money at all - we must raise our consciousness above the small-minded need to hate, win, hoard what they pretend to be valuable - we must have principles that we are willing to die for - we must win by practicing Natural Law ourselves - and then they will disappear - until then - we will just be creating the next object for them to take over - Remember 1994 when the internet was a baby - it was just like steemit is now - free - open - available - now here we are again - with another free - open- available system that they will eventually control - it's how it works - we have to create a new system that they cannot control - because we don't use currency - we just take care of each other and the earth - that would require a raised consciousness ... and that's what will defeat them.