First of all a big welcome to Steemit, glad to see you both here because really, it is your kind of hang out. I've been watching your shows on RT since I discovered BitCoin a few years back, seeing you do your programs by the banks of the Thames always made me homesick and now in my mind you and Stacy go together with BitCoin and anarcho-capitalism like bread and butter.
Secondly, boom - way to hit the ground running. Of course you'll mostly be preaching to the choir here - I don't think anyone will challenge your position that financial Luddites have a huge and vested interest in keeping the blockchain out of the limelight for the masses until they have figured out a way to ring the goodness out of it.
We can only sit back and wonder how soon will tighter fiscal controls and regulation be coming our way in the USA forcing many underground with the blockchain dealings. But how long will that be possible when China, now Russia are banning VPNs? So how soon before Team USA be trying to do the same?
Is it only a matter of time before "the Mooch" whispers in his bosses ear on behalf of Goldman and Trump busts out some phony terrorism plot or plain old jingoistic patriotism as an excuse to try and ban blockchains and VPNs here? I mean what better way to sully and then control an entire technology than to paint it dirty with the taint of terrorism or un-patriotic dealings?
At that point, if it happens, it is probably time to find a different country to live in - where would you suggest guys?