The stuff about the gold standard is quite muddled, and the tech part essentially boils down to "It's crypto so it will be hacked".
But part about the powers-that-be wanting to remain the powers-that-be is certainly true, and that's probably enough.
But part about the powers-that-be wanting to remain the powers-that-be is certainly true, and that's probably enough.
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin
It has about 100 forks (contributers).
Linux is Open Source, Apache is Open Source, both have had lots of major security exploits lurking in them for many years prior to being found and they almost certainly have many, many more still in there.
Having something be Open Source is great for a lot of reasons but it is nowhere near a replacement for a dedicated rigorous peer review process based on mathematical proof of the algorithms.