But would a "Wall St Satoshi" have dared to put out something as disruptive as bitcoin? Also, Wall St may be clever and devious, but maybe not as wise as Satoshi.

Greg has a great point, and it appears that the powers-that-bleed-us-dry are already trying to manipulate the price of bitcoin. Not sure if they'll succeed, but we can all be sure that Wall St will make a strenuous effort to manipulate, control, and profit from cryptocurrencies.

While they can ....