but i don't think they will implement a strict law on bitcoin that they will punish you like hell. 
Topic: If Bitcoin was made illegal by your government would you still use it? (Read 16848 times)
December 03, 2016, 01:14:21 PM
not so sure but maybe yes i will still use and support bitcoin secretly, if ever it is already prohibited in my country I will find a way to keep in touch with my coin and will keep it on a desktop wallet despite that I will be punished badly if they caught and traced me using this bitcoin but i don't think they will implement a strict law on bitcoin that they will punish you like hell.
but i don't think they will implement a strict law on bitcoin that they will punish you like hell. 
December 03, 2016, 10:35:51 AM
I will use it because i don't use bitcoins for illegal activity, but i don't know what for people come from Europe, because Europe Will Have Power to Ban Blockchain Tech in January 2018.
At a blockchain conference last week in London, Patrick Armstrong, Senior Risk Analysis Officer, detailed ESMA’s approach to blockchain technology. One strategy he noted was to ban blockchain products or processes altogether.
https://news.bitcoin.com/europe-power-ban-blockchain/
It is bad for Europeans
Its really a bad news for Europeans since they are serious of banning blockchain products and processes.It may be implemented on 2018 but still a year to go left for those bitcoin users on Europe.Its quiet a big news for me that the government could possibly ban bitcoin on a particular place but i wont still totally believe until that time arrives i would like to see on how they gonna do it.At a blockchain conference last week in London, Patrick Armstrong, Senior Risk Analysis Officer, detailed ESMA’s approach to blockchain technology. One strategy he noted was to ban blockchain products or processes altogether.
https://news.bitcoin.com/europe-power-ban-blockchain/
It is bad for Europeans
Or if other country get an idea too to ban bitcoin on their country and spread the ban to the whole world
But now we are hearing complete new things. I believe this will not get implemented when more number of people finds the advantages and potential of bitcoins.
Yes, governments will be forced to listen people's choice, that is the reality as per history. So no need to worry, I believe.
Governments will be forced to listen to the people? What planet are you from? Some of the most democratic countries in history have not listened to their people until it was too late to stop the revolution.
December 03, 2016, 09:56:40 AM
I will use it because i don't use bitcoins for illegal activity, but i don't know what for people come from Europe, because Europe Will Have Power to Ban Blockchain Tech in January 2018.
At a blockchain conference last week in London, Patrick Armstrong, Senior Risk Analysis Officer, detailed ESMA’s approach to blockchain technology. One strategy he noted was to ban blockchain products or processes altogether.
https://news.bitcoin.com/europe-power-ban-blockchain/
It is bad for Europeans
Its really a bad news for Europeans since they are serious of banning blockchain products and processes.It may be implemented on 2018 but still a year to go left for those bitcoin users on Europe.Its quiet a big news for me that the government could possibly ban bitcoin on a particular place but i wont still totally believe until that time arrives i would like to see on how they gonna do it.At a blockchain conference last week in London, Patrick Armstrong, Senior Risk Analysis Officer, detailed ESMA’s approach to blockchain technology. One strategy he noted was to ban blockchain products or processes altogether.
https://news.bitcoin.com/europe-power-ban-blockchain/
It is bad for Europeans
Or if other country get an idea too to ban bitcoin on their country and spread the ban to the whole world
But now we are hearing complete new things. I believe this will not get implemented when more number of people finds the advantages and potential of bitcoins.
Yes, governments will be forced to listen people's choice, that is the reality as per history. So no need to worry, I believe.
December 02, 2016, 10:57:45 PM
If Bitcoin was made illegal by your government and the punishment was very bad, would you still use it, would you still openly support it?
i am not sure , i don't want spend my time like punishment because i am still a youngmay be i will move to other coins
December 01, 2016, 12:17:49 AM
If Bitcoin was made illegal by your government and the punishment was very bad, would you still use it, would you still openly support it?
i think bitcoin not a crime so what a reason made illegal by your government, if this a happened i will use it whatever about goverment November 30, 2016, 04:36:21 PM
Don't know how many of you remember it used t be against the law in the US to have Gold. Jewellery was excepted but bars, coin etc could not be owned.
Although governnent not allowed us to own bitcoin, they can not do anything to prohibit us to own bitcoin, becouse bitcoin have anonimity that protect the users. I read in some articles that even us is starting to regulated bitcoin. 
November 29, 2016, 11:40:25 PM
Way too late for me.
All the more reason it's psycho to get on a public forum and say anything other than you would immediately stop using Bitcoin if your government told you too, right.
No, more of a Prohibition just moves it underground and doesn't stop it. Also gives the state a pretext to control your wealth. Just posting here may in the future give the Gov cause to search your home and computers.
Really? Are you saying you're dependent/addicted to Bitcoin like a drug?
There are special treatment programs for alcoholics like AA. Maybe I should start a BA treatment program. LOL
I disagree yes voters realize this would be a prohibition like alcohol was in the US in the 1930 and POT is now. outlawed but millions use it anyway.
The poll so far shows 63.3% of forum members have some sort of cognitive dissonance psychosis.
Really? Are you saying you're dependent/addicted to Bitcoin like a drug?
There are special treatment programs for alcoholics like AA. Maybe I should start a BA treatment program. LOL
All the more reason it's psycho to get on a public forum and say anything other than you would immediately stop using Bitcoin if your government told you too, right.
November 29, 2016, 05:43:27 PM
No, more of a Prohibition just moves it underground and doesn't stop it. Also gives the state a pretext to control your wealth. Just posting here may in the future give the Gov cause to search your home and computers.
Really? Are you saying you're dependent/addicted to Bitcoin like a drug?
There are special treatment programs for alcoholics like AA. Maybe I should start a BA treatment program. LOL
I disagree yes voters realize this would be a prohibition like alcohol was in the US in the 1930 and POT is now. outlawed but millions use it anyway.
The poll so far shows 63.3% of forum members have some sort of cognitive dissonance psychosis.
Really? Are you saying you're dependent/addicted to Bitcoin like a drug?
There are special treatment programs for alcoholics like AA. Maybe I should start a BA treatment program. LOL
All the more reason it's psycho to get on a public forum and say anything other than you would immediately stop using Bitcoin if your government told you too, right.
Everything will be very difficult for the Government, because it was decided in the Government have some things that are definitely there in the bitcoin. But the Government also won't benefit greatly if using bitcoin, because they certainly wouldn't be able to attract a fee or tax in the bitcoin by automated means. But it all depends on the creators of the bitcoin, if the creators of the bitcoin appeared and took over may be different
November 29, 2016, 05:34:47 PM
No, more of a Prohibition just moves it underground and doesn't stop it. Also gives the state a pretext to control your wealth. Just posting here may in the future give the Gov cause to search your home and computers.
Really? Are you saying you're dependent/addicted to Bitcoin like a drug?
There are special treatment programs for alcoholics like AA. Maybe I should start a BA treatment program. LOL
I disagree yes voters realize this would be a prohibition like alcohol was in the US in the 1930 and POT is now. outlawed but millions use it anyway.
The poll so far shows 63.3% of forum members have some sort of cognitive dissonance psychosis.
Really? Are you saying you're dependent/addicted to Bitcoin like a drug?
There are special treatment programs for alcoholics like AA. Maybe I should start a BA treatment program. LOL
All the more reason it's psycho to get on a public forum and say anything other than you would immediately stop using Bitcoin if your government told you too, right.
November 29, 2016, 05:04:31 PM
Don't know how many of you remember it used t be against the law in the US to have Gold. Jewellery was excepted but bars, coin etc could not be owned.
November 29, 2016, 05:01:33 PM
No, more of a Prohibition just moves it underground and doesn't stop it. Also gives the state a pretext to control your wealth. Just posting here may in the future give the Gov cause to search your home and computers.
Really? Are you saying you're dependent/addicted to Bitcoin like a drug?
There are special treatment programs for alcoholics like AA. Maybe I should start a BA treatment program. LOL
I disagree yes voters realize this would be a prohibition like alcohol was in the US in the 1930 and POT is now. outlawed but millions use it anyway.
The poll so far shows 63.3% of forum members have some sort of cognitive dissonance psychosis.
Really? Are you saying you're dependent/addicted to Bitcoin like a drug?
There are special treatment programs for alcoholics like AA. Maybe I should start a BA treatment program. LOL
November 29, 2016, 04:30:35 PM
Bitcoin does represent people, and we are free to choose what we wanna, and speak as long it doesnt offends the other person. I dont like some rules and restriction about what you can do with fiat, that makes bitcoin more and more atractive, i wont stop using bitcoin because the politicians say its a problematic currencie or ponzi.
funny how they use ponzi scheme on the things they disagree with. If you look at the trading industry, it is one big ponzi scheme. People buy the stock, then sell it to another people in a higher price. The first person will get his profit from the second person and so on. That is trading with profit. Isn't it a big ponzi scheme itself? Why not address the trading as a whole and not point in Bitcoin only.
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Pon·zi scheme
ˈpänzē ˌskēm/
noun
a form of fraud in which belief in the success of a nonexistent enterprise is fostered by the payment of quick returns to the first
investors from money invested by later investors.
November 29, 2016, 04:29:50 PM
I disagree yes voters realize this would be a prohibition like alcohol was in the US in the 1930 and POT is now. outlawed but millions use it anyway.
The poll so far shows 63.3% of forum members have some sort of cognitive dissonance psychosis.
Really? Are you saying you're dependent/addicted to Bitcoin like a drug?
There are special treatment programs for alcoholics like AA. Maybe I should start a BA treatment program. LOL
November 29, 2016, 02:17:24 PM
Openly support? Wear a bitcoin not bombs t-shirt yes. Offer to pay a speeding ticket with bitcoin in a courthouse (like an offer to pay in heroin) No. Attend a open public bitcoin info meeting yes, have a active wallet on my phone at that meeting, no.
November 29, 2016, 01:14:47 PM
Hm, that would depend on what would the consecuences be, but I don't think I'd be risking a fine or some jail time over a bitcoin. I mean, I'd probably try to earn it in some way, staying low, but I don't think I'd be exchanging it or buying anything online with it.
I think I'd give up on bitcoin if it was made illegal in my country, unleast untill the ban is lifted or I move to the country where the bitcoin is legal.
I think I'd give up on bitcoin if it was made illegal in my country, unleast untill the ban is lifted or I move to the country where the bitcoin is legal.
November 29, 2016, 01:01:29 PM
I thought about it for some time. It is a very tough question, isn't it? If 90% of your life savings are in Bitcoin, will you be willing to give them up? I don't know the answer.... It will depend upon the probability of getting caught...
November 29, 2016, 11:50:30 AM
EU will have the power to make BTC illegal 1/1/2018. Doesn't mean they will but why give your gov that power?
https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/european-union-authority-talks-blockchain-techand-banning-it/
https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/european-union-authority-talks-blockchain-techand-banning-it/
November 29, 2016, 11:48:30 AM
I wouldn't because I don't want to be involved in such things that can affect me in some way, so I prefer not doing that but a lot of people would. Why? Because they simply do not want to have their rights taken away or they are criminals or something. Bitcoin doesn't affect the economy of our countries in any way for now, it can be easily implemented in lur system (but that would make everything way less anonymous).
i think that it depends what is the punishment of using bitcoin.For example if i would buy a PC with btc ( through blockchain payment ) and i would get 2 years for it then welll... obviously...
November 29, 2016, 11:46:58 AM
If Bitcoin was made illegal by your government and the punishment was very bad, would you still use it, would you still openly support it?
No, I wouldn't. At least not openly or not as I frequent as I use it now.
I'm not gonna risk being jailed just so I could use Bitcoin. Maybe occasional checks on investments.
If however, I was able to make a LOT of money with bitcoin, then I'd use that and certainly move overseas where my bitcoins would be welcome.
That is a good point too, if someone really knows he is doing a work which can be continued and guaranteed and he is earning good enough bitcoins with that then he could move to somewhere else where bitcoin is not illegal and he could keep using it there.
November 29, 2016, 11:31:34 AM
I disagree yes voters realize this would be a prohibition like alcohol was in the US in the 1930 and POT is now. outlawed but millions use it anyway.
The poll so far shows 63.3% of forum members have some sort of cognitive dissonance psychosis.
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