Right after the DPR bust there was a lot of discussion about how it was a death knell for bitcoin, but this is exactly why it's such a revolutionary type of technology: if DPR had any currency in a paper wallet, he could simply print it out, put it in a safe deposit box, and pick it up once he is out of prison.
For a currency to be so secure that a state cannot seize it from a citizen is unprecedented.
For a currency to be so secure that a state cannot seize it from a citizen is unprecedented.
It will be fascinating to see how this plays out.