mikedilger on Nostr: You're saying the government can't shutdown bitcoin if they wanted to. I agree. But ...
You're saying the government can't shutdown bitcoin if they wanted to. I agree. But they can shut down any single person by showing up in squad cars. And normies can't hide their bitcoin usage, so they would be violating any anti-bitcoin order and be arrested for the violation. Therefore, if the government outlaws bitcoin (but can't shut it down) they effectively shut down most people's ability to use bitcoin. The dark anonymous people with good op sec continue to use it and can't be shutdown even in that scenario.
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