Topic: If You Could Address Parliament on Bitcoin, What Would You Say? (Read 457 times)

My country is crypto-friendly and planning to become even more so in the future, but there are other objective pressing matters because we're at war with a neighbour who decided to invade us. I would perhaps advocate for adding crypto income into simplified taxation process (we have certain entrepreneurship activities in the country qualifying for low taxes and a simplified accountability approach), perhaps on the ground that the activity rather than cryptocurrency should be taxed, unless income comes from trading. I would also encourage accepting taxes directly in Bitcoin and thus accumulating BTC on state level.

If I had the opportunity to talk to them about bitcoin parliament, I would emphasize on its benefits and advantages, not only for a single or individual’s economy but the country’s economy itself, its clear regulatory framework that will promote more transparency and security for bitcoin consumers, its risk and challenges as well, and last but not the least, its public awareness for all the country’s citizens.

I have to say bitcoin is quite a new innovation but if only the government will create a balance approach then, bitcoin will definitely bring and uphold the country’s financial economy into being a progressive and competitive one.

Yes, we're seeing the change and that's why if there will be some officials that I can talk to and they have the power to initiate those suggestions asap.

That's what I am going to tell them. And it's true that we're seeing the pace at a slow mode and we're not in a hurry. This type of development is much better than having a quick pace but then many still don't understand what they are up to.

Before, we've seen people that dislikes Bitcoin because everybody have thought that it's a dark net money, they're not wrong but when it entered the mainstream, institutions and even some governments have became good and adopting to it.

Maybe some funders would be interested because of what you would do and how much attention you brought to the whole concept 

At least we are moving in the direction to make it more widespread all in all, I would say.
Institutions, slowly, gain pace with how they treat or use BTC.

If I had the opportunity to talk to my country's parliament or legislature about Bitcoin, I would first tell them how stupid they are, I would tell them that you are killing us with your stupidity.

After I give a long speech about the unique features of Bitcoin (which they will understand nothing of course), I would respectfully ask them to officially accept Bitcoin in our country or at least allow people to own Bitcoin legally.

Of course, I would not get any answer because these old senators would be asleep in their seats as they usually do in all official parliamentary meetings.

I'd tell them to do an information campaign that Bitcoin is the same as real money/cash. And everyone has to be careful about the on going scams that are using Bitcoin to trick their victims.

Not that much to say but it's more about giving people the idea of what Bitcoin actually is. So that many won't feel that they're going onto a scam if it's just about Bitcoin.

There's still a lot of misconception about Bitcoin and that's why when everyone is informed, the doubt is being removed.

I would tell them to look at Bitcoins success and wide adoption and how it promotes clean energy and can be used as a non renewable resource or looked at as such and to create energy policies in favor of Bitcoin mining etc etc

This would be the way to go, because you do not need to make bitcoin a legal tender like El Salvador to get good results, you just need people who are doing a good job with whatever we have, and as long as we do that, we are not going to be in any trouble at all.

If we can trade bitcoin easily, banks connected to big exchanges, then we are going to have easy time dealing with bitcoin and that would be more than enough for us. Just make it as legal as possible, obviously put out regulations, like for example I always supported the idea that centralized coins or tokens should be registered with the nation, if you are willing to take on the entire centralization of the project, then that is your decision to be regulated as well, decentralized ones can't be because there is no central figure, but some new tokens are heavily centralized and they should be regulated. This way, both government and the people would get what they want to get together as well.

If crypto is given as education and generations grow up with this knowledge, then a good step has been taken for Bitcoin. An educated individual can contribute to the use of things that are good for society. Many politicians do not know much about cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies. If they had received education on this subject in time, crypto would have developed even more. It is never too late for anything, only those in decision-making positions need to be informed. If they are informed about cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies, then the state's view of Bitcoin will change positively.

Time is always positive for Bitcoin because the number of people learning about Bitcoin and its technology increases as time goes by. There are politicians among these people.

When I was studying at the university, the majority of my lecturers were also politicians, working in parliament and some of them had studied at top universities, so this was a great opportunity for me to talk about cryptocurrencies because that's what I knew very well back then compared to many people.
There was a woman lecturer (politician) who was admiring me for my knowledge about cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies, we had a discussion about cryptos for hours. It's sad but she thought that Bitcoin was used for illegal activities, people abuse cheap electricity to mine Bitcoins and she was very anti-crypto. I was definitely trying to explain things to her but she was very stubborn. By the way, I made this subject interesting for her and I'm very proud of myself for that.

Bitcoin, as a technology to self-custody one's economic energy is a basic human right. Bitcoin = freedom.

If I have the opportunity to talk to my country's legislature about Bitcoin, I'd focus on regulations, Bitcoin is not banned in my country but the government is not Bitcoin friendly. I'd tell them about the importance of unbanning banks from facilitating crypto transactions. Also most reputable exchanges in my country don't enable our fiat p2p, making us to consider the option of platforms that have not gotten any trust ratings. But what will be the gain, these people certainly don't care about Bitcoin in the open, but I wouldn't be surprised if most of them have Bitcoin stash in none custodial wallets. Anyways Bitcoin is a decentralized digital currency and it's doing great with it's adoption despite the unfriendliness of different governments.

I would say one thing. Bitcoin/crypto is a financial asset just like any other financial asset and it shouldn't be discriminated. The government should treat Bitcoin as a normal financial asset and it should respect all BTC investors, traders and HODLers. However, all the pump-and-dump shitcoins should be banned by the government and their developers should face serious consequences. All the crypto scams that involve Bitcoin payments should also be hit by the law, since they have nothing to do with the true nature of Bitcoin. This is all I want to say.

Most of us who have accepted bitcoin as an investment asset on our own will surely talk about the legal framework and will try to influence parliament to approve the big move that bitcoin is making. If bitcoin is now legal to invest in our respective countries then what we will discuss is how to proceed with the acceptance process further. That is the hope that we might want to convey in parliament so that bitcoin gets a better place in our respective countries.

There are many other things that might come to mind to discuss further in parliament and we will certainly try to convey the view that bitcoin will be a source of freedom for everyone. If this refers to aspects that have indeed been proven and we will try to change the negative view of bitcoin for further acceptance by everyone.

If I would have the opportunity to talk with out legislation then I would simply ask why they don't want to accept BTC, why they not already given the green light to crypto. After getting some answers I will try to convince them by telling about how important regular permission is for the bright future of country's economy too.

People are still trading, and losing/earning from crypto why governments have not stepped into this field already and announced that the crypto is legal in our Country.

Funny enough, I don’t know of other countries but, I’m not sure my country’s parliament would ever want to consider this very obvious points you’ve stated because they wouldn’t want anything that would want everyone actively involved in the financial system, as that wouldn’t let them loot public funds peacefully.
Don’t get me, I’m not trying to paint a particular country wrong but rather just saying that, most parliaments wouldn’t want to embrace bitcoin because of the reasons you stated because they’re actually the obvious reasons they should and they don’t want anything that might give their citizens freedom because they believe the freedom of their citizens is already a mighty asset to them.

I personally will just tell the parliament to give their children the benefit of owning bitcoin as they would learn more from them.

This is what my speech will look like

Hello distinguished members of the parliament, it is with great pleasure that I speak to this honourable house today regarding bitcoin. As we all know bitcoin is one of the greatest innovation of the 21st century. It is something that we have kept neglecting as a country for too long. And now it visible that we have been making mistakes all these years and I wouldn't want that mistake to keep happening.

It is high time we join the rest of the world that are embracing this technology since we cannot do anything to stop it. We can't remain in our ignorance forever. There is no escaping the reality that this bitcoin has brought to the world. Let us position ourselves now that is still early.

I believe there are lots of benefits that bitcoin will bring to us as a nation. It is the right time for us to make the right legislation about bitcoin that will attract investors to our country. With the population of this country, bitcoin will revive our dwindling economy.

If I had the chance I would like to mention some key points that may convince others and pass a law regarding crypto.

Even though we moved to digital banking still the fiat money and it's handling cost is bit huge that just adds to the inflation of the country's currency so if we encourage people to use bitcoin and other crypto for spending that will reduce such costs and save money for the governt and also making it legal tender will create a buzz in the international level that can be utilized properly to attract invesmtns across the country that will obviously contribute to the economic growth.

Now, give it a thought why government never said bitcoin is a scam and why they've agitated to only adopt its legal tenders only when the decentralized blockchain is set up centralization were they could regulate it? That's to say the government already has foreseen the realistic potentials of bitcoin and then became attractive to it.
I guess they'd be bothered about the technological aspect of it but would get to let them understand the highily level of advancements we're today in the 21 century where most invents becomes possible with technologies.
Furtherly, I'd make them understand the thought of Satoshi Nakamoto inventing bitcoin was to introduce and advanced and uniqueness of financial system which can be volatile on its market and its economy lies on the rate of adoptors. And most importantly a unique character of being decentralized that users can have self governing on self custodial with their funds holding on bitcoin.
So I'd give them the chance to air their views about these unique potentials of bitcoin if being compared to our usual traditional currencies.

 

I wish this is very easy to convince them. I want you to believe today that they know what Bitcoin is about, the good side and probably has invested one or two buck of dollars into it but you know one thing they all have in common in their chambers? They don't want to be win over rather they will do anything to win you so that yiu become the victim and they become the soothsayer, they will not listen to you and will not allow you present what you have for them.

I have seen those guys attack many innovators and creators from some of these social apps and once they don't like you and see you as their own, they are going to frustrate you. If they can drag TikTok founder to the the ground because they want to let the world know they are wrong, then I wonder what they have to say about Bitcoin many of them don't like just because they are politicians.

If we must sound professional from the way of our presentation, then we have to consider how important this is, because our way of presentation matters most in them getting being convinced, all i will be saying will be as directly base on what the bitcoin whitepaper interprets, i will also ensure i maintain being consistent and give the direct implication of bitcoin adoption, try to convey their minds away from the general misconception around the world about bitcoin.

I'd probably tell them to look at countries that don't tax people for selling their bitcoin and think of the spending and investment opportunities that come with that move.

I don't care if my country adopts bitcoin, they wouldn't know how to deal with it since the government is a bunch of idiots who only care about abortion rights and if we should accept migrants or not. That's the peak of politics here in the EU. Oh, and let's not forget the great debate about what to send to Ukraine so they win but don't become too powerful in the process.

I would tell them to all watch Andreas and his talks to firmly make sure they understand bitcoin and not just keep talking shit about it without having any sort of real understanding if how it all works.  I think most people even still that hate on bitcoin just simply don't understand how it works and probably never will since they have such a strong biases against it.  So honestly, I'm not sure it would truly make any lick of difference.

Maybe if I am given the opportunity to meet our officials in our government, I will request that they make bitcoin a secondary payment in our country and include it in the major investment in all the constituents under our government.

Because we know that Bitcoin is for everyone, even simple citizens who are not rich can avail it and have savings in the future, in fact, and let foreign exchanges become legal in our country for the local crypto community that we have here too.

If I had the opportunity to talk with them, rather than insisting to them to accept bitcoin as a reserve currency, I would focus more on educating them about bitcoin, its potentials and advantages that would definitely create a big change in the government financial system.

It’s like making a proposal and add more insights to their stock knowledge, but still the final decision would be coming from them, but at least I have given the chance to correct their wrong concepts about bitcoin so they’ll refrain from creating FUDs that would certainly affect the people’s mindset and beliefs.

one major thing I would do is to tell them to allow people get free access to Bitcoin.
Those old men won't understand anything, since they're so addicted to the old fiat monetary system, However, I will tell them to try out Bitcoin on experiment by adding some Bitcoin into the country's portfolio reserves for some years with some percentage of the country's revenues and watch out if it's actually a good store of value like Gold.

Given such an opportunity I would start by telling the house that bitcoin brings better accountability and transparency in financial transactions, and with illicit transactions much easier to happen with fiat, when it comes to better controls..Bitcoin is the way to go as multi Sig wallets can be used to ensure accountability is there when sending out any money and no one person should hold the power to move money around.

As a house representing many other citizens Bitcoin deserves a stamp of approval because the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, take for instance no need of carrying huge sums of money whenever going to make big payments which means less security risk on the user, can be treated as an investment, lastly going the BTC way ensures that we are technology ready...

My country's parliament is full with uneducated criminals. At least majority of them. So I don't have high hopes that those morons will understand anything about Bitcoin. But they would probably understand one point -

That the parliament members can accept bribe in Bitcoin which is anonymous in nature. So they will be able to effectively hide their identity involved in such transactions.

I am sure Bitcoin will immediately become a legal tender in my country.

What would be more interesting than pitching on Bitocin being the future of tomorrow? But they cannot comprehend how it's going to be the future if you don't give a proper explanation to them that will make them understand. In 150 words I will explain Bitcoin to the parliament and how it will address problems in society and create opportunities for advancement. Most importantly how it can make each and everyone more wealthy. If they see the benefit to them and to their family members they will accept. This means if they don't care about the public they will care about themselves.

Sounds like a good intetion from your heart.
Hopefully, the school education transforming to suit the future generations will have some space for crypto and BTC especially.
For non-mandatory disciplines, for example.

There are a lot of things of course, because Bitcoin in the country is starting to grow and also more and more people are getting into Bitcoin.
Bitcoin is a commodity digital currency and cannot be used as a means of payment.

Maybe I will tell my government's parliament, about how they do early education about Bitcoin and what crypto will do, so that many people are educated and the growth of Bitcoin and crypto is more positive.

This is because now many projects are in the name of crypto and many people are entering, but it turns out that the project is only a fraudulent project, Ponzi and Money game.

Now there are many such fraudulent projects in my country and these continue to grow and change names but with the same mode.

My country's parliament is obviously filled with old and uninformed men based on decisions they've taken regarding cryptocurrency and Bitcoin so far. I will constructively criticize them for accepting to be second hand recipients of information instead of them trying to get the proper information themselves.

I would try to correct the misinformation that everyone involved in cryptocurrency has an ulterior motive to commit a crime because that has been like a contention for a while now with people associating cryptocurrency with online scams.

For my country it's a bit simple, as I will address the parliament pointing out their ignorance about Bitcoin and how they could get a good knowledge about bitcoin because it's their ignorance that have fuelled their apprehension whenever they hear Bitcoin or cryptocurrency.

I will let them know how interesting it can be when you invest in bitcoin pointing at the growth trajectory bitcoin has ascertained from Inception and the possibilities that are abound if they catching to the new world innovative investment.

I will also let them know that, just like every other investment there are ups and downs, however this does not cancel the fact that there will be no growth, letting them know that there are sessions attached to this investment, it could be the bear market or the bull run, however it all depends on which part of the divide you're coming from and how best you want to approach the market.

My parliament since last year has issued a law that regulates the trading and use of Bitcoin, so if I have the opportunity to meet with the parliament, maybe I will not discuss its use anymore, but I will discuss more about Bitcoin education in schools, because from the situation that I see even though Bitcoin has a legal umbrella here, its use is still limited to people and most people still see it as a ponzi scheme or fraud. By utilizing the parliament, I hope that they can launch a program to support Bitcoin education in schools and that might change the paradigm of most people about Bitcoin.

Let's say I'm standing in front of the powers that be, the people who make the laws and set the rules of the game. I smile at them and give the following speech.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you have a lot of power in certain areas, but you do not own the world. The globe is divided into individual states, but these individual states are, in fact, abstractions. All people belong to a single human race, they mate with each other and the result is healthy offspring. You are representatives of different states (abstractions), but at the beginning of this millennium, a new supranational entity was born - global cyberspace. It was created by people, from different states, but it is something greater than each of your states. I proclaim the Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace. (Noise in the hall.) I demand a separate representative for cyberspace in the United Nations. (Noise in the hall increases.) I demand recognition of the status of Bitcoin as a global decentralized protocol for the transfer of value in cyberspace!  Individual countries have no right to regulate Bitcoin because it is no longer under your jurisdiction!"
(Indignant cries, gendarmes with carbines run to the podium. My further speech is drowned out by the noise of the hall....)

I would say Fuck You, we don't care about your legislation's - the only law Bitcoin is subjected to is the law of code.


Sincerely, MeGold666.

If I'm given such opportunity to speak about Bitcoin on such stage, first of all I will start by clarifying them about some certain things about Bitcoin because not all the people sees and like Bitcoin as others do, so I would ask those that are always skeptical or sees Bitcoin differently to explain their reason or point why they think so because sometimes starting with a question with the audience is very important because it enables you to understand the areas they like or dislike about Bitcoin and from their you will find the opportunity to address that matter because it could be that such person needs an explanation to make them have a proper understanding about Bitcoin.

So actually in as much as is very good to explain and show them the milestone Bitcoin has gotten to but that may not be important to explain to them because even after having such explanation to them and their question or wrong narrative they have about Bitcoin is not inclusive on the explanation that means that the person has not done anything or solve any problem and that will be contrary to my purpose of being there, which is why my centre of the discussion will be on the question and answering so that I would really know how they feel about Bitcoin through their questions because we all know that somebody who have not invested or take a little minutes of their time to read about Bitcoin can just wake up one morning based on the things they heard or saw and start saying bad things about Bitcoin so perhaps those are the similar kind of things I would loved to solve and addressed if I'm privileged to.

I would say bitcoin is the simplest investment that anyone can afford, it is an investment that both the poor and  the rich can benefit from. Their are other investments which only the rich have the opportunity to invest and since bitcoin is an investment that everybody can partake in it, irrespective of one's financial state. If the government can grant free accessibility for people to invest bitcoin it will have a good financial benefits and in the this time inflation is skyrocketing it can be consider as a store of value  for those who want to go into longterm investment, better than when money is being stored in the bank.

Pretty much the same with the addition of trying to make a plan of how the government can integrate crypto to our daily lives. I would ask them to first define what crypto means in the country and for the country. In my country, crypto is quite a gray area and I think we will only truly progress once there are clear laws and regulations about crypto.

This also makes it official and gives recognition to the community. It should not end there. I would tell them ways to possibly make crypto more accessible to the ordinary people and how they should spread proper education re crypto. The education obviously will include smart financial decisions, technology advancements and how can crypto be used for our benefits. The government should not just focus on holding but also mining so I will tell them that.

If I had to talk to them, I'd probably focus on the regulatory framework around Bitcoin--but honestly, I’m not really an expert on that. Thanking Satoshi or posting a message anywhere is way easier compared to trying to tell government officials what we want, especially when we’re not that well-versed in the law. Talking? Yeah, I’ll pass on that. But if it's just about sending a message, then I might give it a shot.

If I had the opportunity to talk about Bitcoin to members of parliament, I would explain how Bitcoin represents a major technological advancement, offering an alternative to traditional financial systems and enabling secure and transparent transactions. I would emphasize that Bitcoin can help include millions of people in the financial system, especially those who do not have access to traditional banking services.

Sanitough created this topic for discussion the past week title, "What is your message to the real Satoshi?" and I enjoyed reading every bit of the message each user drop as comment. Interestingly, I also read just the last week that Samson Mow spoke to the German parliament on Bitcoin Strategies. Keeping these two in mind, I want us to take it a little bit further this week. If you had the opportunity to speak to members of your country’s parliament or legislature about Bitcoin, similar to what Samson did, what would you say?