Topic: If Bitcoin was made illegal by your government would you still use it? - page 20. (Read 16845 times)
October 10, 2016, 12:50:25 AM
I personally try to stick to it, even when bitcoin is made illegal with various regulations. Something similar to vpn breaker exists, which would help avoid the noticing of usage. Now possibly such situation won't arise in my country.
October 10, 2016, 12:37:01 AM
Nope, I'd definitely stop using bitcoin. If that would bring me to jail, then I think it's useless to earn bitcoin if you would just use the money for your bail and after all you'll still go to jail later on. But if the punishment will just be confiscating your bitcoin, then I think it's just fine, I can hide it and if they still found it, then fine, I'll let them have it.
October 10, 2016, 12:31:13 AM
Nope, If there are jail time involved, I would not use it. I have a family and a full time job to think of and no technology is worth the risk to go to jail and lose all of that. I would be one of the voices going up against laws like this, but I would never endanger my family.
The bitcoins I own now, would be send to friends in other countries where bitcoin is legal in exchange for legal fiat currencies. ^smile^
The bitcoins I own now, would be send to friends in other countries where bitcoin is legal in exchange for legal fiat currencies. ^smile^
These would be the best way on redirecting your bitcoin on other friends which country doesnt ban bitcoin and you could still able to benefit from all your bitcoin in terms of cash. As you said i wont risk myself hence i have already family and i wont like to leave them because im being imprisoned.
October 10, 2016, 12:22:31 AM
Nope, If there are jail time involved, I would not use it. I have a family and a full time job to think of and no technology is worth the risk to go to jail and lose all of that. I would be one of the voices going up against laws like this, but I would never endanger my family.
The bitcoins I own now, would be send to friends in other countries where bitcoin is legal in exchange for legal fiat currencies. ^smile^
The bitcoins I own now, would be send to friends in other countries where bitcoin is legal in exchange for legal fiat currencies. ^smile^
October 09, 2016, 11:59:54 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?
if i didn't know about bitcoin, meaning it was the first time i hear about it and also hear it is illegal to use it, surely i wouldn't go near it.
but at this point nothing can stop me from using bitcoin because i love bitcoin, and i find it really useful. besides there are always ways to use bitcoin without anybody even knowing it
October 09, 2016, 11:20:20 PM
But I just stay away and using bitcoin with stealthy, so there is another way just than blatant for using bitcoin. because my life is too valuable for thrown in the jail.
October 09, 2016, 11:16:50 PM
What's the sense of using it if you know that it will be illegal, the marketplace would look like a dark market, and for sure it won't be easy to use it and convert it to fiat...There is too little use for bitcoin if you can't use it openly... Perhaps I won't be using it anymore... 
October 09, 2016, 10:31:33 PM
If the government declared it illegal then i got no option but to accept it, I know that if i keep on continue using it, i will have difficulty to convert it to fiat, and rather than living in a fear of using bitcoin i better not used it, but for sure i wont support the government at all and i will curse the government
October 09, 2016, 10:26:45 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?
obviously yes i will still be using it even if the government banned it.
but i may not be supporting it, especially openly!
October 09, 2016, 10:24:38 PM
I would still use bitcoin even my government made bitcoin become illegal. Because bitcoin is my only job and i can't leave bitcoin. I will keep using bitcoin and use bitcoin.
October 09, 2016, 10:14:51 PM
I still want to use it as it was my way of earning extra money. But if it will be made illegal by our government, I think it would be hard not to obey the law and their rules. If there is a way to still earn through bitcoin I will gamble to it. But I think it would be hard to exchange btc to fiat currency. Maybe the only available way is to purchase products online.
October 09, 2016, 10:01:01 PM
I say fuck the government and pray i will not get caught.
Why would I sacrifice something that I've worked hard to earn?
So I will publicly support the government but still use bitcoin on the downlow. And when i earned enough then im outta this country.
Why would I sacrifice something that I've worked hard to earn?
So I will publicly support the government but still use bitcoin on the downlow. And when i earned enough then im outta this country.
October 09, 2016, 06:54:43 PM
Yes I will going to keep on using it because there is no traced can be do to me by my cyber committee here in my country. Because any website is going to be accessed here and no certain restriction. And base upon working in bitcoin still I will going to keep on using it because there are no even stores that accepts bitcoin here.
October 09, 2016, 06:39:23 PM
It will be a little harder to use it in our country but we can easily use it for our digital uses and for shopping online. The government will not know that we are using bitcoins.
October 09, 2016, 06:26:33 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?
That's my right, and I will use that, I think a lot of another bitcoiners in my country had the same thing with me. I think the government is not just making rules like they want. I will still use bitcoin if bitcoin can give me a burger for free and are the government wanna for giving a burger for free to me? 
October 09, 2016, 05:52:21 PM
It is very hard to imagine any democratic government could ban Bitcoin. They will sure try to regulate as much as they can and tax it when Bitcoin grow big and become mainstream, but even that will not be easy task for govs. Personally, to be honest, i dont know if i would use Bitcoin if it become illegal. I have wife and kids, not too bad job so risking to be charged for something what could be punished with years of prison slavery would be insane.
October 09, 2016, 05:17:50 PM
Yes I still use it but I will not be exchanged to the local currency, I think the government will not know we use Bitcoin. I hope it's not happens.
October 09, 2016, 04:47:25 PM
I don't think I would because I want to be a contributing citizen to my country and if it is an illegal thing to do then I won't do it. It is that plain and simple decision for me to make. 
October 09, 2016, 04:37:18 PM
I would use it.
They wouldn't know that i still use it anyway. If a gov bans something, it is probably useful for humanity. Not for them (the govs) but the people.
They wouldn't know that i still use it anyway. If a gov bans something, it is probably useful for humanity. Not for them (the govs) but the people.
October 09, 2016, 04:03:26 PM
I can't see how it would be made illegal but if it was I would still use it. I mainly use bitcoin to remain anonymous, if it was illegal it would be very difficult to find out exactly who is using it so I don't see how they would find out it is me using it.
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