Waithaka, Ahmed What you have articulated is at the crux of the matter. CONTROL. To Barrack’s question:- 1) If you were the Governor CBK or CS Finance? How would you handle Bitcoins? (with limited knowledge on technology matters?) That is, I believe a critical component of Policy and how the government of the day chooses who is appointed to what docket. But to answer your question in a straight forward way:- If I were the Governor or CS Finance I’d first take the steps to ensure public interest is preserved. I would then call in the proponents of this particular case and try and find a way for them to work together as we extend our policies and regulations to encompass cryptocurrencies. The fact that we ignore them doesn’t mean they don’t exist. I certainly don’t want to be the proverbial Ostrich sticking its head in the sand and wishing away all its problems. But then, this is just hypothesis right? :-) My humble advise to Regulators the world over:- Don’t be like the Ostrich. :-) Oh, and I would have expected the Central Bank to have asked the court to enjoin them in the Lipisha/Bitpesa vs Safaricom case as Amicus Curiae. Just so that they can also learn. *Ali Hussein* *Principal* *Hussein & Associates* Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> Blog: www.alyhussein.com Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with.