here is related stuff recently, which is also talking about "2.0"

first stage in a new system that will gradually evolve to become a control mechanism

yes, I tend to agree with that! your this conclusion just confirms to me that indeed something might be not so very clear and sure about it, for example:

While a lot of people think that Bitcoin may liberate us - it may be the thing that in the future the technology that enslaves us even more...
And it all came from Bitcoin - a little thing that everybody loves.
Sucker-toshi Nakomoto: enslaved us all... 10 years from now ...

also:

... in the end they gonna get their dream of a Cashless Society and they gonna get control over currency, because they've put it out there...
May be this is how they get us to the Cashless Society: by having everybody invest in Digital Currencies...