Who is to say they will have a choice?

I am not being cute here, but the power of any government is their monopoly on violence. That assumes, however, that the government knows whom they are up against.

What if the next generation cryptocurrency was truly anonymous? Then you wouldn't be able to stop it, even if you wanted to.

perhaps. I enjoy watching the evolution of bitcoin. But I don't see the U.S. gov playing along.

While they probably won't support a rogue currency, they may or may not support a rouge one.

cute...fixed it. What we really need is a spell checker that knows what I mean.

The disruption to the currency risk also applies to china, india, russia etc. By having information control upfront this could actually be a smart way for the US to dominate global currency.

Forget the US, focus on the rest of the world.