Topic: Can bitcoin be blocked too by the government or isp ?? - page 5. (Read 4193 times)
I think bitcoin might not blocked by an ISP. bitcoin is a valid means of payment yag today. first bitcoin is anonymouse. if there are ISPs that do it, then the ISP is very unethical.
Recently many file sharing sites and torrents had been banned in my country to stop piracy.
Is there a way that the government or the isp may block the connection to bitcoin network by its users ??
Is there a way that the government or the isp may block the connection to bitcoin network by its users ??
It is more like the ISP's will limit or even block the nodes from accessing the internet as the blockchain gets larger and larger. As the whole network demands for more bandwidth, the ISP's can only accommodate so much that it has to limit some nodes' access to the internet. There is a reason why we are seeing a smaller no. of nodes every year. One of the main reasons is that its getting harder to maintain a node because of the blockchain's size. Storage is not really a problem but bandwidth will be the real major problem. Give it 5 more years.
Government can't block the Bitcoin network but they can block or seize coins in your wallet if they are product of criminal activities. At least in some countries they have the authority to do so.
The only way an authority can seize properly secured bitcoins is with the explicit permission of the sole controller of the private keys. Anyone you've read about who has had their bitcoins seized without explicit permission from the sole controller of the private keys has failed to properly secure their bitcoins.
The only way an authority can block properly secured bitcoins is with the cooperation of 100% of the miners (I say 100% because any miner who does not cooperate will have their blocks ignored and will be mining a fork).
Yes, Bitcoin moves through the use of internet. The government won't have a problem when they control all the wallets that are being used for Bitcoin making all your bitcoins useless. But I don't know if that is also the government's way on how they plan to block bitcoin intro your country.
I think the government will do the same as block porn sites and gambling. it is also possible that the government simply blocking sites bitcoin wallet, exchangers or trading places.
but will not affect for bitcoin users. they can still use VPN, like I did it on porn and gambling sites that have been blocked by the government.
but will not affect for bitcoin users. they can still use VPN, like I did it on porn and gambling sites that have been blocked by the government.
If government Block bitcoin , They will only blocked wallet and some famous sites. But large bitcoin holder will make a way to trade their bitcoin. If government blocked bitcoin maybe bitcoiners will only access bitcoin in darknet or deepweb . Bitcoin will be hard to convert into fiat if governent banned it
It will be very difficult to block bitcoin access, government only can block the crucial bitcoin site like wallet site, it is kind of difficult to block all of bitcoin related site because there are so many site that keep appearing everyday, then if the government blocked the IP of the site we can simply just install VPN to overpass the blocking
Recently many file sharing sites and torrents had been banned in my country to stop piracy.
Is there a way that the government or the isp may block the connection to bitcoin network by its users ??
That's right the goverment just be able for blocking the bitcoin through the IP, in this time that is referring into the bitcoin'site and not for the bitcoin currency. but it's just useless step for the goverment and isp for blocking bitcoin. according from the a lot of the various vpn are offering a good service in this day for passing a block and like using a tor network. goverment and isp just wasting a lot of their time for doing a sueless things. Is there a way that the government or the isp may block the connection to bitcoin network by its users ??
Well if government could ban bitcoin or crypto cureencies they would had made it already, but we do know they cant, they try to hit bitcoin inside with several bad news, like the silk road to make people avoid bitcoin, but bitcoin achieved a level that no one can kill it without a big problem inside the code, something that till the moment no one found or will find , soo let the countries waste their resorces, vps and vpn should be the way to keep connected to bitcoin.
Recently many file sharing sites and torrents had been banned in my country to stop piracy.
They stopped file sharing and torrent sites due to piracy and bitcoin is open source and can be used by anyone.Quote
Is there a way that the government or the isp may block the connection to bitcoin network by its users ??
No bitcoin is decentralized which mean bitcoin have thousands of nodes so you can connect with any of them and can broadcast your bitcoin transactions or even you can make your own ip as one of the nodes. So basically if government even tries to ban all known bitcoin nodes ip and web wallets domains they can't stop bitcoin transactions. That's why all trust bitcoin and it is quite sure that bitcoin network will never go down. Recently many file sharing sites and torrents had been banned in my country to stop piracy.
Is there a way that the government or the isp may block the connection to bitcoin network by its users ??
Is there a way that the government or the isp may block the connection to bitcoin network by its users ??
so far there have been 1 or two countries that has blocked bitcoin and said using bitcoin is not legal and this is from what i have heard not my personal experience and these countries have already blocked sites that are related to bitcoin like bitcoin.org and this forum but i have neverheard them blocking the bitcoin wallets or the network in any way.
Government can't block the Bitcoin network but they can block or seize coins in your wallet if they are product of criminal activities. At least in some countries they have the authority to do so. But ISPs don't have this possibility. Anyway, all this could be done only on valid legal basis.
Recently many file sharing sites and torrents had been banned in my country to stop piracy.
Is there a way that the government or the isp may block the connection to bitcoin network by its users ??
Is there a way that the government or the isp may block the connection to bitcoin network by its users ??
There are good VPNs or people can use VPS or other methods.
Blocking IPs isn`t effective.
Bitcoin can`t be blocked by ISPs.
Relevant: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/can-bitcoin-traffic-mining-or-transaction-be-blocked-by-providers-79913
I, personally, won't be satisfied until the Bitcoin network is running smoothly on a global wireless mesh network.
I, personally, won't be satisfied until the Bitcoin network is running smoothly on a global wireless mesh network.
Recently many file sharing sites and torrents had been banned in my country to stop piracy.
Is there a way that the government or the isp may block the connection to bitcoin network by its users ??
Is there a way that the government or the isp may block the connection to bitcoin network by its users ??
It would be still a useless move because even how government would block or banned bitcoin . There are still ways that you could able to access it without being caught or detected. If your isp prohibits you to do so, you could still use tor and tweak some settings in able not to be detected by isp and also if you are just using data , there are lots of vpn out there. thats why it would be still useless in any way.
Bitcoin as a network can't be blocked via standard methods similar to which centralized services are destroyed (look at various torrent sites, file hosting providers).
But as some of you pointed already satellite bitcoin sites and services i.e. basically every exchange (as 99% of them are centralized), forums, reddit can be blocked.
IIRC something like that happened recently: Baidu the biggest Chinese search engine blocked word "bitcoin" from their search results.
But as some of you pointed already satellite bitcoin sites and services i.e. basically every exchange (as 99% of them are centralized), forums, reddit can be blocked.
IIRC something like that happened recently: Baidu the biggest Chinese search engine blocked word "bitcoin" from their search results.
if the government decides to ban bitcoin they will first start with setting some laws against merchants and businesses accepting bitcoin and then they will move on to setting laws against people using bitcoin and then they will try and block sites and anything bitcoin related.
but in all this time the only people who could no longer use bitcoin are the merchants and the rest will continue using it.
but in all this time the only people who could no longer use bitcoin are the merchants and the rest will continue using it.
Recently many file sharing sites and torrents had been banned in my country to stop piracy.
Is there a way that the government or the isp may block the connection to bitcoin network by its users ??
There is no way for the government or the isp are wanna for blocking your connection to the bitcoin network. the possible things if the isp are trying for banning the ip for accessing the blog or site but the network is always there and can't be blocked. The worst thing in my day can blocking the network are caused by the electricity are down and that's so make me feel worried. Is there a way that the government or the isp may block the connection to bitcoin network by its users ??
People will just connect to these sites via proxies and anonymous browsers and find ways to bypass firewall restrictions. We have seen this with the Chinese " Golden Shield Project " where censorship and surveillance are applied to restrict internet use. You might find some ways to bypass these restrictions, but you might also end up with some jail time, if you did that.
The other thing they might also do, is to ban "Crypto currency" use on the merchant side. If these merchants are forbidden to accept "Crypto currencies" then you would have no place to spend your bitcoins.
In the end, we just have to work with these governments to find a solution to satisfy everyone's needs and hope that they would not over regulate it, which I doubt. ^hmmmmm^
The other thing they might also do, is to ban "Crypto currency" use on the merchant side. If these merchants are forbidden to accept "Crypto currencies" then you would have no place to spend your bitcoins.
In the end, we just have to work with these governments to find a solution to satisfy everyone's needs and hope that they would not over regulate it, which I doubt. ^hmmmmm^
rather than having a merchant service such as coinbase/bitpay in one jurisdiction. those services should set up 'mirror' sites in multiple locations.
so that if they receive a cease and desist order. they can continue uninterrupted using their .au or .uk domains. (out of the orders jurisdiction)
same goes for this forum. and other communication platforms. to reduce the few days of setting up alternative domains.
as i said some smart pools have a few servers running to use as redundancies/backups. scattered over a few countries. again to reduce the delay in getting users back up and running.
we should not be throwing code (github), communication(irc server host) and community(forum) all into an american jurisdiction and then lean to american government to give permission of use.
we should remain worldwide, involving distribution and diversity to not REQUIRE permission.
apathy is the worse thing to have in regards to security and functionality.
but instead utilise the diversity to gain government acceptance to not cause any delays/distractions, on our open and borderless terms
Recently many file sharing sites and torrents had been banned in my country to stop piracy.
Is there a way that the government or the isp may block the connection to bitcoin network by its users ??
yes , through location and ip service they can ban this connection of bitcoin .Is there a way that the government or the isp may block the connection to bitcoin network by its users ??
but still they will not do the same because it is totally legal .
and also many bank services also comes in bitcoin to make bitcoin more clear .
so if there would be any chance to block or ban anything first of all government will announce already before ban or anything what you are saying
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