I had always suspected the Bitcoin link would leak simply through the “magic of the free market”. The blockchain has to be transparent to allow any trust in the currency; just as movements of euros, pounds, rupees between businesses can be monitored (often without illegal access to the banks) and traced back simply by comparing sales and profits. Brainy people who know enough about maths and economics can do this without having access to the official reports of the companies (which may or may not be true or available); this is a science know as forensic accounting.
Also Bitcoin is so deeply associated with drugs sales or those trying to avoid legitimate taxation. I cannot think of any other reason 90% folk would have used it; although you can buy some computers and other stuff with it you can buy the same items in local currency without looking suspicious. I’m sure even when I conduct legit transactions in Euros (for computer servers I rent in NL) the baldy men get suspicious; so last month I randomly sent €20 to a dude in Groningen who runs an animal sanctuary to buy 40 kilos of grain for his geese (as its cold out there too!). This dudes a well respected Buddhist so isn’t going to buy anything other than 40 kilos of grain; and if the baldy men want to check this out they will have to stand in a cold, muddy field surrounded by angry geese :laugh_at:
