This seems pretty late in the game. BTC was whitepapered in 2008 and implemented (in code and network) the same year.<p>If the intention of central banks is to "protect peoples' investments", they should have warned about these concerns earlier.<p>At the risk of using Trump's favorite "ism", Wall Street and central banks don't exactly have a great reputation for "protecting peoples' investments" either. In fact, the EU and the US federal government are enablers of the same crappy behaviors that encourage financial swindling and speculation.