I believe Bitcoin was started by the government...
He's still blue-pilling it, imagining that the Deep State and three-letter agencies are legitimate arms of the US gubmint--or maybe he's just trying to use the most common vernacular.
But... the strong, plausible (IMHO) rumor is that Bitcoin is a three-letter-agency black op. --Or do you subscribe to the lie that "genius Zuckerberg" invented that soCIAl network, DARPA Lifelog Facebook? ...or that Microsoft was so successful because of billg's smarts without his parents' pull? ...or our tax dollars?