The Central Intelligence Agency, (CIA), The Spies and the Spooks. We have all seen enough movies and television shows that center around the CIA and I am not in the know enough to filter what is fact and fiction. I would assume much of what we know is fiction and the facts are much worse.<div class="pull-right">https://i.imgur.com/KUlCqDN.jpg</div>

The agency itself is a division within the United States government and is tasked with the protection of US interests outside of the country. From how most understand it, they have very little oversight and tend to act largely with impunity. As the name suggests, the core of their service demands the collation and evaluation of data into manageable information.

They also spend a fair amount of time disseminating that information after spinning it to their own ends. There are many that have questioned over the years however if their end is actually in the benefit of US interests at all.

But, this is hearsay and I cannot lay claim to knowing anymore than most others on the workings of a clandestine unit of a government that does not want its skeletons uncovered. Let's talk blockchain instead.

The blockchain is about as in-clandestine as it can get as essentially every transaction is traceable and can be tracked in various ways. On top of this, it is searchable and scrapable and with a decent Sherlock-ing, can probably uncover just about anything about users. 

This is likely even for the ones that think they have hidden themselves well. Most people are not in the business of personal security and when it comes to the complexity of online interactions, leave digital breadcrumbs that will eventually lead back to them.  <div class="pull-right">https://i.imgur.com/Sakx9cC.jpg</div>

The Decentral Intelligence Agency (DIA)however could be the antithesis of the CIA, a decentralized community that is about disseminating quality and factual information to the entire community. The best interest for all, not just one narrow view.

With such a broad and diverse user base, it would be able to gather information from extremely wide and very fast to call into question a whole range of disinformation released by centralized intelligence agencies and their often less than trustworthy accounts of events.

Perhaps in time and through provable and traceable evidence, it would be able to force a change in how governments and organisations attempt to manipulate and control for their own ends. It could put the pressure on them to actually work in the best interest of the community instead of that of a very small minority.

I think that this is already starting in many ways with the decentralized currencies and the growing number of supporting apps and platforms. However, it is still tied heavily to large authorities. The 'banning' of stuff in China will hopefully become impossible in time and the governments will have to relinquish control of the economic environments.

This would be the largest shakeup to geopolitics the world has ever seen as established currencies are threatened and devalued quickly while flexible, cheap and decentralized currencies are able to service all of the same functionality. 

What happens if the conglomerates or oil producers start trading exclusively in Bitcoin or similar rather than US dollars? At some point, the large players will look to decouple themselves from the middleman burden of large currencies and shift to the flexibility of the decentralized currencies. Will this be acceptable to the CIA who are charged with protecting US interests?<div class="pull-right">https://i.imgur.com/PIeBRtR.jpg</div>

When people talk about mainstream uptake they are thinking generally at the consumer level and up until this point this is what is driving the market capitalization. But, this shift is changing as more established businesses and governments start testing waters and shifting into the arena. The current cap is over 160 billion which sounds like a huge amount but is almost insignificant in global value terms. What is very significant however is who is in this market now. Us.

Many of the people dealing in cryptocurrencies have an aversion to centralized authority and places like Steemit are filled with the anarcho-capitalists and thinkers that push for individual growth and control. And as we know, there are some very big fish swimming in the marketplace.

When the corporations and governments really buy in and drive market cap heavenward, those already in and holding significant coin are going to become economic powerhouses well beyond what they are currently enjoying. Play their cards right and work together, they will have the buying power to change the current systems in place globally.

And, if they are faithful to their ideals and beginnings and do not turn themselves into what they have avoided all this time, this is good for all of us. The DIA has the potential to disrupt every facet of the current system as long as they aren't undermined and hijacked early. Vigilance is key.

If the global authority types continue on their current pathways, they are likely to play into the hands of a decentralized money market which will drive their own downfall ever faster as they lose control over a whole range of mechanisms they currently enjoy to keep us all relatively subdued.<div class="pull-right">https://i.imgur.com/T5pneaE.jpg</div>

It is for this purpose and the greater global good for the individual that one should be increasing and holding as much as possible as when the tipping point comes, it is going to boom and bust very fast and there will be turmoil within the traditional ranks that will pressure the cryptos even more.

There are revolutions across many areas coming and we can all play a major roll in shaping what comes after. The data we hold and drive here could be the information that causes that tipping point to arrive even faster and those that create wealth here are likely going to have much greater influence in that future. This is another reason why content and what gets rewarded matters as it is those who are likely to be able to influence more in the coming future.

The people spinning, spamming, stealing and posting if given money and power are likely to create the same world we already live in, one where the CIA runs rampant. It is the independent thinkers, the revolutionaries, the community developers that will build something different, perhaps something great for all.

I am no expert in markets, blockchain or any of the tech at all. I do observe however and the last few decades have all been pointing towards a a major shift in the global economies. Are we it?

Taraz
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