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Remember how Bitcoin was supposed to protect against government interference, especially civil forfeiture? Well... nooooope. ryrymcc/1473649295500972039
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The thing is that if the government wants your stuff bad enough... it'll just take it. You're just one person, or a cult, or whatever. They have the entire apparatus of uhhhh a whole country's bureaucracy, law enforcement and Apache helicopters. courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/usa-ishii-forfeiture.pdf
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Having your money in bitcoin is about as useful protection from the government as having an AK-47 in your basement... which is to say: not at all useful.
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Kudos to whomever in the CA AG's office wrote the "Background on Bitcoin" section for what must be one of the most legible, clear, and understandable explanations of what bitcoin is btw.