Which of those transactions is "normal"? It should be noted that even with cryptocurrencies laws still apply. You're still seeking "permission" for your "normal" transactions.
Here's the deal. The commentator said, effectively, it is NORMAL for "duh gubmint" to control your spending.
It is not.
Normal has a well-defined and commonly-accepted meaning. You cannot call bribing a Russian oligarch "normal" unless you are a different kind of person than most. Unless you are an abnormal person doing abnormal things.
There are edge cases where the government does regulate cash transactions and whether or not those edge cases are right or required is a separate discussion I am not having right now.
Also, checks aren't cash?????
>...and Bitcoin is mot digital cash.
The title of the bitcoin white paper is "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System". Is it lying?
https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
To ape on Diderot, "Man will never be free until the last libertarian is strangled with the entails of the last cryptobro".