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The whole point of blockchain is for it to be not regulated or controlled by anyone - especially the government. Its control should be decentralized, its transaction history and owners private,and its ledger impossible to manipulate without destroying.

He who achieves this will be the currency of the future.

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> He who achieves this will be the currency of the future.

I disagree. The currency of the future is one that is readily available and easy to use. Because generally, regular users don't care about privacy, government control or decentralisation, they care about being able to buy and sell crap easily.

A currency that achieves all the stuff you've listed would be the best-case scenario, yes, but I'm not so sure the general public will be accepting of it.

[Also, hasn't Monero achieved all this? (I'm not that knowledgeable on crypto)].

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