Bitcoin veteran declares war after ECB releases paper criticizing BTC.

Tuur Demeester, a Bitcoin veteran, claims that a recent European Central Bank (ECB) paper on Bitcoin represents a "declaration of war" against the leading cryptocurrency.

In new research, the ECB claims that BTC has strayed away from the original vision of Satoshi Nakamoto, its pseudonymous creator, and now exists to extract value from latecomers and non-holders.

Authors of the ECB paper urge the general public to call on politicians to pass laws that force BTC to “disappear.”

Demeester, the editor-in-chief of the Bitcoin …