It is a technology that holds great promise but has the ‘high’ risk of being use for nefarious purposes, much like how the internet (actually the World Wide Web) has turned out. If you have ever been on the Dark Web (aka darknet), it’s a bit scary what is going on under the hood. Technology is on the verge of opening a Pandora’s box that a century from now may collapse current social infrastructures and political systems as a whole. Some will champion the change but most will come to regret it.
I’m no neophyte as I have been in tech since the early 70’s and I’m still working in it so I have seen a lot of change in the past 45 years. I know the potential for good but I also know the potential for evil. I’ve seen it as it is human nature for some to use new technology for evil. Bitcoin is just a different technology that can be used for evil, even though it does have a promise for good.
Technology doesn’t change human behavior.