That Bitcoin is a "CIA psyop" is the real psyop. People who've never met CIA people are the ones who mystify their capabilities. My theory is that the CIA operates just like any witchcraft gang: their power lies in secrets, information collection, and the absolute loyalty expected from their members. In return, these members are exempted from the law to some extent and financially incentivized. But creating Bitcoin isn't an issue of intelligence; it's an issue of incentive. An intelligence agency may have the raw cryptographic talent, but they completely lack the incentive or mindset to build an unkillable, open-source tool that deliberately strips power from the state. One can make a far more convincing case for state influence in ETH, other chains, and stablecoins—most of which run on Ethereum anyway.
Bitcoin has no secrets, and it has no mysticism. What you see is what you get—it converts directly into physical energy. The price is still prone to social games, so it can be volatile and unpredictable, but that social arena is the only place the CIA can play because of their massive leverage over media and narrative. And while human greed drives plenty of everyday gambling, the sheer scale and total impunity with which these crypto casinos, open-day heists, and scam tokens operate feels eerily similar to the lawless, black-market playbooks intelligence agencies have run for decades—whether they are driving the chaos directly or simply letting it burn to discredit Bitcoin.
Trust me, if the CIA had the incentive to build a non-sovereign, transparent monetary system like Bitcoin, their overall posture wouldn't be as financially wasteful or as unnecessarily violent as it is. The mystique around that organization isn't new. Historically, ruling classes have used similar hype to claim access to God, establish legitimacy to rule, and maintain societal control through illusion.
Anyway, I'm personally invested in Bitcoin, so I may be a bit biased. But believe me: if you have access to an LLM, especially a local one (preferably an uncensored version), the amount of human intelligence you don't have access to is remarkably small—it's limited mostly by your own curiosity.
This isn't to say that the CIA isn't an extremely powerful organization. Their deep integration with military power and government infrastructure gives them massive reach. But the point stands: keeping complex, long-term secrets is nearly impossible, especially wrapped around an entirely open, globally audited platform like Bitcoin.