Yes.  Being giant, vociferous asshats in public is a way to attract unnecessary notice and to needlessly fast-forward opposition.  Would have been nice to deal with this shit in a year instead of now, but this is why we can't have nice things. 

elvismercury

bitcoin

Does bitcoin have any value if Russian oligarchs can't use it?

Scoresby

It is inevitable that the state will attack bitcoin in every way it can. It's not inevitable that it will win. Given the first part, keeping a low profile, not bragging about enabling illegal actions online for example, is important. Bitcoin is censorship resistant, key word resistant. The level of that resistance is affected by behavior.