The roots of Bitcoin start with libertarianism.
Libertarianism is a political ideology which believes that centralized authority should be as minimal as possible.
Individuals should have as much power as possible to decide the course of their own lives and shouldn’t have to sacrifice rights or properties to a government excessively.
You may already see how this ideology relates to Bitcoin.
Amongst increasing centralized state control, especially of services and of individual information, libertarian dreamers grew concerned with privacy.
From online discussions on forums and mailing lists, two groups formed: the Cypherpunks and the Crypto-anarchists, both of which advocated for the use of cryptography to protect one’s privacy.