> People are just hell-bent on re-learning 200 years of banking history firsthand.

Maybe just the last 109 years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Act

Or just the last 79 years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Reserve_Act

Or just the last 51 years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_shock

Or just the last 15 years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantitative_easing#United_Sta...

Or just the last 2 years https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2SL

Or just the last 1 year https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/19/democrats-s...

Or just the last 6 months https://www.businessinsider.com/trudeau-canada-freeze-bank-a... https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-action...

Or just the last week https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2022/08/11/irs-to-ad...

Maybe BTC isn't the answer, but there are some real downsides to "standard banks and payment processors."