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November 24, 2017, 01:52:05 PM
I agree with the previous comment...everything is possible to turn into lawlessnes...any charity and even the help to children...so it all depends on the people who use it...
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November 24, 2017, 09:07:48 AM
The only time it is illegal is if someone uses it illegally. Same goes for any currency. You sell drugs and gain money, it will be taken away.
Very well said.What is legal to a man's eye and the law may become illegal to the law the moment he uses it not in a righteous way.Same goes with bitcoin too.It is considered legal even some of the countries are still not adapting it yet.And i'm proud to say that without bitcoin,i can never be satisfied with all my wants and needs.
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November 24, 2017, 09:02:21 AM
bitcoin in other country is legit they used bitcoin for paying bills, shopping etc. they used bitcoin for buying anything.
but some other country did not accept bitcoin and no tax so they think its illegal.

It is different for different countries. Some county accept Bitcoin as legal currency and people use it without​hesitation. But some county don't allow it as legal currency. It doesn't depend on the government.
Every government is having its own policy about bitcoin, and is dealing and treating it differently. Some are very kind to it and other are very harsh t it. Some governments blame bitcoin for the mentality of their mass, crimes also exists in those countries where the bitcoin is ban or illegal so we should approach bitcoin positively and do not use its quality negatively
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November 24, 2017, 08:45:21 AM
Some believe Bitcoin is truly a legitimate currency, ... website, which illegally sold drugs
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November 24, 2017, 05:41:45 AM
bitcoin in other country is legit they used bitcoin for paying bills, shopping etc. they used bitcoin for buying anything.
but some other country did not accept bitcoin and no tax so they think its illegal.

It is different for different countries. Some county accept Bitcoin as legal currency and people use it without​hesitation. But some county don't allow it as legal currency. It doesn't depend on the government.
In most countries, bitcoin mining is legal. Of course, there are legal ways to mine bitcoin, which generally means using your own resources, such as electricity and processing power. On the other hand, there are illegal ways to mine bitcoin, such as stealing said resources.

In this case, mining bitcoins is legal, but you’re stealing the resources needed to mine them, which is illegal. So it totally depend on the person who mine bitcoin.
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November 17, 2017, 01:05:26 PM
The only time it is illegal is if someone uses it illegally. Same goes for any currency. You sell drugs and gain money, it will be taken away.
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November 17, 2017, 12:55:19 PM
Bitcoin can be used for criminal activities. True, but so does fiat money or other valuable things. But many people also use Bitcoin for legitimate purposes. You can pay with Bitcoin, if the seller accepts it. Maybe the government would see that as illegal, because they miss the taxes. So, legitimate or illegal, depends on what you do with it. But you can't blame Bitcoin for that.
According to my view bitcoin is legal for those countries who have not taken any step again bitcoin still so its means they are supporting bitcoin and other thing is that bitcoin is a money now it depend on the users of bitcoin that he want to use it. if he can used it for good work or he can used for bad work its up to him there is no problem from bitcoin side.
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November 17, 2017, 12:23:23 PM
Bitcoin can be used for criminal activities. True, but so does fiat money or other valuable things. But many people also use Bitcoin for legitimate purposes. You can pay with Bitcoin, if the seller accepts it. Maybe the government would see that as illegal, because they miss the taxes. So, legitimate or illegal, depends on what you do with it. But you can't blame Bitcoin for that.
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November 17, 2017, 12:10:42 PM
Do you know that the existence of Bitcoin has increased crime in some countries in the world? This problem is thrown by the Metropolitan Police of Europe and the United Kingdom. According to them, Bitcoin has played a huge role in their community's growing guilt. They also think that Bitcoin is involved for cybercrime, but how does Bitcoin increase crime work? Why is it being considered illegal in the country?

Meh, this is some more of the alarmist vibe going around due to the price. bitcoin may facilitate cybercrime, but bitcoin is nit really stimulating crime per se. people have been using fiat to conduct illicit transactions since like, fiat existed. can we blame the history of crime since the inception of cash of fiat? so why would we blame a payment method instead of attributing the blame to its actual source? (economic depression).

and if bitcoin did facilitate, specifically, cybercrime due to its digital nature, then how much crime has PayPal facilitated?
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November 17, 2017, 11:35:48 AM
European and British metropolitan police consider illegal bitcoins because they can not control bitcoin. Because of this it is certain some people are not interested in bitcoin.
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November 17, 2017, 11:26:49 AM
It depends on how will you use bitcoin. If the bitcoin owner use it in a way that he/she is obstructing the existing laws in their country, then it will considered as illegal. But the bitcoin itself cannot be considered as illegal because it has no direct effect the user to act as a criminal or a bad effect to him/her that can cause death or any other irregularities to someone.
But it is still on their government if they will tag bitcoin as a thing that can affect their lives and be considered as illegal.
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November 17, 2017, 05:16:07 AM
because of technology, bitcoins can be traced through the address but can not be known who the owner is. maybe this is what causes the criminals to use bitcoin as an intermediary for crime. but that does not mean the guilty bitcoin in this case, but the irresponsible people who are already using the situation.

for illegal issues, must be dealing with the government. every government wants everything in its state to be controlled by the government, "perhaps for the sake of the convenience of its people", but bitcoin can not be controlled by anyone, maybe that is one reason why it is considered illegal.
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November 17, 2017, 02:12:24 AM
Bitcoin is not illegal. Probably they are saying that it increased crime because it is being used as a money laundering tool. Because of the decentralized feature and the difficulty of regulating it, criminals are reallt attracted to it. This is probably one of the reasons why the price of bitcoin has surged. Another important feature of bitcoin is how easy it is to transfer from one country to another without the need for explanation and the fact that it cannot be taxed.

Governments cannot ban the use of bitcoin. I have not heard of any government banning or making bitcoins illegal. What they can do is to ban the cryptocurrency exchanges and businesses that allows for the liquidation of btc to cash and vice versa. But even then I believe people can use vpns to still access exchanges if they are being blocked in their country. There are many ways to still escape the government's radar in the internet.
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November 17, 2017, 02:05:44 AM
I speculate that it is the engineering of the police to drop the bitcoin price. If the price has fallen, there are those who take advantage of the declining bitcoin price to buy it. I do not see the criminal increase caused by bitcoin.
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November 17, 2017, 01:53:06 AM
If you buy narcotics or heroin, it may be illegal and if you buy shoes at online stores it's legal, Bitcoin is legal or illegal, but it depends on what you buy or use. And in which country you use it because some countries forbid it..

Bitcoin once accepted in one country it is legal. The way of how people use it make it illegal. If they use it against the law just like for transacting drugs and weaponry to other country, butcoin is used illegally. It is not bitcoin because of being decentralized will not be accepted but the way of handling it in wrong way make it wrong for the country to ban it.
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November 17, 2017, 01:27:38 AM
actually until now there has been no global provisions that legalize bitcoin but only in countries that only legalize bitcoin
and that depends on country policy
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November 17, 2017, 01:21:39 AM
Bitcoin is legitimately legal. Crimes are happening everywhere. Sorry for the people who says bitcoin is a scam but were earning big time here. Tongue
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November 16, 2017, 09:05:44 PM
Do you know that the existence of Bitcoin has increased crime in some countries in the world? This problem is thrown by the Metropolitan Police of Europe and the United Kingdom. According to them, Bitcoin has played a huge role in their community's growing guilt. They also think that Bitcoin is involved for cybercrime, but how does Bitcoin increase crime work? Why is it being considered illegal in the country?

It is still legal in a sense that only some has the plan to do something about it. Bitcoin is still growing and of course not only for the good but also for the side of the bad/evil. Complete anonymous transaction and great security with a very efficient and reliable system. Bitcoin has all it takes to offer a great deal for criminals to do trades without cops and government being aware of. It will eventually lead to criminal acts rising behind the scenes and of course government will not turn their back on it. They want to ban bitcoin to maintain order and to reduce the flaws for their country.

These crimes happen anyway, if they don't use Bitcoin they use other currency, what is the difference? Bitcoin isn't 100% anonymous, criminals can be tracked and found even if using Crypto-Currency. News like that are just spread to decrease Bitcoin power and adoption around the world, to make people believe if they use Bitcoin they are supporters of shady activities. It's impossible to reduce criminality just by banning Bitcoin and other Crypto-Currencies.
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November 16, 2017, 09:00:00 PM
With bitcoin legitimacy is completely upon the users self opinion, because what manner it functions is completely on trust. As it doesn't have a state as paper money, people need to trust it virtually. Till the day the trust keeps on increasing, bitcoin is legit and some term it as illegal which is completely upon the negativity published through media.
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November 16, 2017, 08:58:11 PM
Many things in the world induce crime, but some of them bring new technology such as bitcoin, telegram. Maybe it is illegal in goverment minds but not in mine.
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