all 4 comments

[–]lastwords 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

My take on it is the old question: how much the government can slow down the adoption of crypto? Or what's the worst-case scenario for the Ban Hammer on crypto?

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Hard to stop something with so much momentum, especially by so much obvious illegitimacy.

[–]lastwords 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

How much you think that government corruption can influence this?

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Your question can be interpreted many ways.

IMO, all government is corrupt regardless of these issues. Can they influence significantly? They will most certainly try, and they and media already do try to influence public opinions on it. With enough campaigning they will try to demonize it - but for different reasons than say demonizing the entire right, and half the nation.

In so many ways people are waking up to the illegitimacy of government, from drug wars, to terror wars, to whatever... Making crypto illegal won't stop it, but it would drive some to it, especially in desperate times, while providing excuses to tear down anyone they don't like.