Do you see what the governments are doing? Jailing developers that practice free speech by creating software.

I predict that at some point the governments will straight out brand bitcoiners as "financial terrorists" or some other bullshit like that.

Now, remember the islamophobia that was created by 9/11 attacks? Add 2 and 2 together and realize that at that point, not only the gov't will be after you but anyone who knows you're a bitcoiner.

Anyone who has read the Sovereign Individual understands that the transition period during which nation states will fail will likely be marked with "return to violence".

Hopefully that explains why some of us prefer to have our internet identities disconnected from real life.

Now, you can absolutely build a network of trust based on a purely fabricated internet persona, have clients, suppliers etc. (As long as you don't need any legal paperwork.) But it's "weaker" than "real life" relations because over the internet you can't punch someone in the face for being a dick.