Astute observations there newsandviews.

Without wasting my time listening a 2nd time to the interview and writing a long comment;
Clif says(I'm paraphrasing now) he doesn't believe the TPTB can do anything about the cryptos for a variety of reasons. That the ACChain ain't the real thing the TPTB would do.

Well, Clif appears to be an expert on what he knows.
Remember folks, "An expert is someone who knows more & more, about, less & less".
I know the TPTB are capable of total secrecy on big things; case in point, The Manhattan Project.
If WE wanna go a little woo-woo, what about the case of Gary McKinnon:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Gary+McKinnon&t=ffcm&ia=web
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=hacker+nasa+secret+astronaut+list&t=ffab&ia=web
Oh. Sounds crazy you say?
Well why did Obama & Cameron discuss his extradition publicly after 8-9 years after the hacks?
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-10704452
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Gary+McKinnon+cameron+obama+extradite&t=ffcm&ia=web
As for the ACChain, the TPTB use things like them to....track who's interested in it in any way.
And then, the METADATA gives them a cornucopia of info before the actual 'harvesting'.

How the 'TPTB Harvesting' works/functions is.....
Look-it-up yourselves.
If you don't wanna know this or anything I mentioned, blame yourself later.
Laziness/blindness/ cognitive dissonance is not good for your health & survival odds.
Anyway, thanks for reading this.
Cheers X-