> I am highly suspect of any claims that bitcoin is anything other than a government invention. That it has been allowed to exist as a means of trade is highly suspect and has been from the jump.

It continues to exist and be used in trade because they can't stop it. They've tried ignoring it, they've tries smearing it and they've tried soft-banning it, none of it worked.

Now they're trying to coopt it because that's all they have left.

> The fact that it's origination is really unknown and myth or rumor at best only further causes my brow to raise.

You don't need to know it's origin to know it wasn't part of some 5D central bank chess move. All you have to do is look at how it works and realise it's inherently corrosive to their authority.