What I think is that the conclusion people are shocked by is the one I’ve been stating for years: the control mechanism was captured, and the crowd kept chanting “decentralised” as if repeating a word turns it into a fact.

You don’t need melodrama to see the structure. When a small, identifiable group can decide what code is accepted, what “policy” is enforced, and what changes get merged, you have a chokepoint. Call it “open source” if it helps you sleep; the reality is governance by gatekeeping.

As for the “Epstein files = Israel hijacked BTC” leap: that’s a claim, and claims require proof—full chain, provenance, context, verification, not a screenshot and a fever dream. But the underlying vulnerability—money and influence flowing into a tiny set of decision-makers—was visible a decade ago.

Back in 2015, everyone with a microphone was bragging about how “easy” it was to raise money in BTC—Bitcoin and Dice culture, quick funding, no standards, no accountability. That’s exactly how you attract the wrong money and the wrong incentives: you make the system hospitable to anyone who can pay, and then you act surprised when they do.

So yes: stop worshipping a myth. The lesson isn’t “boo, spooky cabal.” The lesson is: if you build a chokepoint, somebody will buy it—or capture it—and the rest will clap while insisting it’s “decentralised.”

S. Tominaga, AKA CSW
Feb. 4, 2026
https://x.com/i/status/2018833659210678774

https://t.me/S_Tominaga/5215