Thank you, that was a great read. As someone that's only ever been interested at the periphery of Bitcoin (though generally interested in the applicability of blockchain tech and the technical problems with same), I was not aware of any of this. Would this story be considered common knowledge among the Bitcon literati? I find it hard to fathom how anybody could rationally invest in BTC knowing this story. Surely this level of influence (if not control) by Blockstream and /u/theymos goes against the very promise of decentralisation that Bitcoin promises?