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What usually happens when you decide to break the law in your country? Will the police come to arrest you, confiscate your stuff and have the courts sentence you jail? Or will they knock on your door and demand a bribe or just straight up steal your stuff to give to their friends? It seems foolish to continue mining it any jurisdiction where the government has clearly banned it and the consequences should be obvious. The world has existed long before cryptocurrency came along, so it is not exactly required to function in daily life, you may simply need to move into a different profession if you want to stay in countries where it is no longer allowed - these are things that only you can decide.

Assuming he runs his mining farm in some shoplot/ home on a full-scale basis and the police gets tipped off, his rigs would be confiscated by the and he would probably be slapped with some hefty fine.

In my country, it's legal to trade Bitcoins but not mine them.
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Here in our country, bitcoin almost got banned due to its much popularity that happened way back 2017 or 2018 and everyone got alarmed and though it was just a scam. Later on, the issue was forgotten and the government stopped paying attention to it. If in case bitcoin really got banned in our country, I will still find ways on how I can still access it or if I can afford moving to another country where they regulate the use of it, I will probably do so. I have huge faith over my investment so I wouldn't let anyone stop me without even trying to outplay them.
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I live in a country where Bitcoin and cryptocurrency are legal as a commodity, as digital assets, trading and investing in the regulated exchanges by the countries, with our own risk-taking.
but, at once, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are also illegal if we use them for payment, because, payment method in our country is only a means of "money", and crypto is not considered as "money".
So, what do I do?
So far, I only follow the rules, using them for trading and investing and it works very well. No need to force using crypto as a payment method.
And about your case of mining is illegal in your country, I do really think, why do you need to switch to other countries? Is it that easy to do that?
You may need to choose other ways likely having a partnership with a trusted person in a country where mining is legal?
Or, you can change your strategy in crypto, by not mining at this time?
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A few days ago, it was learned that El Salvador has set Bitcoin as legal tender, China has banned mining, and India has also stated that it has banned cryptocurrency by legislation. Recently, the German Fund Positioning Act allows investment in cryptocurrency, but in the past few days, I have seen a lot of discussions about whether Bitcoin is legal. What should I do if Bitcoin is prohibited in my country/region? If mining is prohibited, do I need to switch to a place that recognizes Bitcoin to continue mining?

What usually happens when you decide to break the law in your country? Will the police come to arrest you, confiscate your stuff and have the courts sentence you jail? Or will they knock on your door and demand a bribe or just straight up steal your stuff to give to their friends? It seems foolish to continue mining it any jurisdiction where the government has clearly banned it and the consequences should be obvious. The world has existed long before cryptocurrency came along, so it is not exactly required to function in daily life, you may simply need to move into a different profession if you want to stay in countries where it is no longer allowed - these are things that only you can decide.
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I'll simply use Bitcoin for every purpose or what ever reason I could use it for when chanced, that's wtf I would do. History fron the series of occurances we've noticed have thought us that, bitcoin cannot be completely banned by a nation. Iys decentralized and far beyond government policies and control as to that effect, some aspects of it night be banned or regulated successfully but, not to the side that really matters. Bitcoin is freewill and as such, there would always be those that would still use Bitcoin even in a highly regulated environment. Humans are designed to be that way, stubborn, especially when it's got to do with an infringement of our freewill. Luckily for us, we've got p2p system that sidelines the institutions.
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You have to find out what the prohibitions are in reference to bitcoin, the prohibitions are not absolute, sometimes they are partial or referred to certain commercial transactions, bitcoin is still a digital asset like many others that exist in the world.

At the moment you carry out a commercial transaction with bitcoin, such as using it as a means of payment (formal currency) or simply converting it to Fiat, you may be committing a crime, or perhaps you just have to pay taxes.

You cannot be guided by inconsistent comments, which are repeated and repeated, becoming an editorial line that is not always 100% fulfilled. Using the term bitcoin is not legal, it can be accompanied by certain conditions that make it legal for some things and not authorized for others.

So find out well the rules of your country and simply abide by its regulations.
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It's up to you if you are mining personally with one or two devices but if you are planning bigger; creating a mining farm, you must switch to a country where mining is legal. There are few countries where mining is totally illegal and so does the usage of bitcoin. There's a difference between prohibited and not legal tender. If it's prohibited in your region, I guess you would rather stay away from it.
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@Robinson66, no government in the world can totally ban the use of Bitcoin and they can only ban something they are in control of.
If Bitcoin is prohibited in your country, all you need is use strong VPN and trade p2p exchanges but if you have the money you can relocate to the place where Bitcoin is recognized and continue with your mining.
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What should I do if Bitcoin is prohibited in my country/region? If mining is prohibited, do I need to switch to a place that recognizes Bitcoin to continue mining?

Well I don't know the country you're from and it won't be nice if I'll publicly be telling you to disobey your government but here's the catch, what exactly do you want in life?. Do you wish to be financially free, if yes then you have to ignore some of the law by the so called government of yours that'll denied you that privilege. They never have your best interest at heart and that's just the truth.

They'll hide behind the excuse that Bitcoin isn't regulated or too volatile to denied many the opportunity of been financially free because that's what bitcoin does to you. It affects your mentality positively and makes you start thinking for yourself on how to handle your finances instead of relying on the banks to do it for you by saving with them.

If Bitcoin activities were to be banned because they can't ban Bitcoin itself then look for alternative to participate in the industry. If they ban centralized exchanges from operating them make us of VPN or decentralized exchanges.
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What should I do if Bitcoin is prohibited in my country/region?
There are too many ways to trade like buy and sell Bitcoin even though it was banned in your country, as mentioned by @Upgrade00 use P2P exchanges is much better to hide your identity and have a normal transaction for both parties.  For both Hodlhodl and Bisq, I prefer to use Bisq because it is very easy to use.

This is a very wrong move by the country to ban Bitcoin knowing the fact that this can't be ban and how they will ban code that runs through computers, its a fool, everyone can access it if they want to.

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If mining is prohibited, do I need to switch to a place that recognizes Bitcoin to continue mining?
About this case, you need to switch to another country but transferring devices go outside in the country that implementing the ban is very hard to move your mining equipment.  I don't know what is the process of transferring equipment.
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If that was the case then you should know where to sell if you have Bitcoin but first know the rules and regulations first if it is illegal or banned from using since these two might have a different sentences if get caught. A lot of way you can make Bitcoin to work is if you can travel somewhere that didn't banned Bitcoin but of course, you will have to know or DYOR first on where country you should drop before travelling.

Lots of illegal things in this world yrt they were still in use and why is that? You should seek a conventional ways if you want some illegal to be legal since not every country banned Bitcoin from being used.
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Understanding what are the coverage of that new rule if that happens in your country. Being knowledgeable is better before you take action and ask some of the opinions of the other people of the forum. It's a good question and that made me think if that happens where I am right now. But one thing for sure is that the government won't know that you're actually holding bitcoin if you're remaining to be a low key type of person and if you want to sell it, take a vacation outside of your country.
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If it ever happened I would not use bitcoin on the territory of my country.  Instead, I would go abroad to the land where BTC is allowed to use and spend my bitcoin there. The other option for me is to find friends  in countries with legitimate use of bitcoin and make the mutually profitable BTC-fiat swap.
+ To your first advice on what to do, there are countries that it isn't that easy to get a pass into another country especially that of a developing countries, and even though, you some how have your way, creating bank account and details won't be that easy except there is a bitcoin ATM or an easier way to spend.
+The second advice to be is more accessible, but is there is any question on the trust then it isn't, although am in a country where crypto-currency is not celebrated but I haven't used any of these, peer2peer withdrawal has been seeing me through, trust is not something I easily do but have come to trust my peer2peer partner, I think the nearest best option to people from country facing the crypto-currency hate.
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The other option for me is to find friends  in countries with legitimate use of bitcoin and make the mutually profitable BTC-fiat swap.
To do this, you may not need to find friends to trade with peer to peer platforms like hodhhodl or bisq allows users to connect and trade without having to directly go through a bank, the transaction would appear like any normal one with no trace to bitcoins. If you have a large stash and wish to convert to fiat, you'll likely have to do it over numerous smaller transactions.

It's too hassle to go outside your country border just to use Bitcoin though except if you have tons of Bitcoin in your pocket that can support your daily needs abroad.
Or if you own a mining rig and wish to keep it functioning.
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A few days ago, it was learned that El Salvador has set Bitcoin as legal tender, China has banned mining, and India has also stated that it has banned cryptocurrency by legislation. Recently, the German Fund Positioning Act allows investment in cryptocurrency, but in the past few days, I have seen a lot of discussions about whether Bitcoin is legal. What should I do if Bitcoin is prohibited in my country/region? If mining is prohibited, do I need to switch to a place that recognizes Bitcoin to continue mining?

If it ever happened I would not use bitcoin on the territory of my country.  Instead, I would go abroad to the land where BTC is allowed to use and spend my bitcoin there. The other option for me is to find friends  in countries with legitimate use of bitcoin and make the mutually profitable BTC-fiat swap.

Why go abroad if you can use Bitcoin without being notice by the government. Unless you are using your Bitcoin directly on banks then you should worry but there's a lot of alternatives that you can spend Bitcoin without any government interference like online payment and fund transfer to friend. It's too hassle to go outside your country border just to use Bitcoin though except if you have tons of Bitcoin in your pocket that can support your daily needs abroad.
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As far as I know my country found me using bitcoin. So if they became interested to know what the technology is all about and they found it not to be a contributor to it's revenue or whatever reasons and banned it. Tbh I wouldn't stop using it because the benefits outweigh the risks, hence I choose to go for risk.
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If bitcoin is prohibited in my country but my people can still have access to use bitcoin, I will still try to earn more bitcoin and save it because that will only a matter of time for my country to accept bitcoin.
I am okay if the mining is prohibited because I do not mine bitcoin so that will not be a problem.
But I wonder how my government will prohibit or ban bitcoin, although I know that they will have that way and easy to do that.
I hope that will not happen in my country because people in my country already joined bitcoin and they get the benefits from bitcoin.
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The government is the last and final authority to make any decisions and if they have passed law regarding btc usage then you have to abide with it because if found guilty you will have to the bear the consequences for the same so it's better to leave it for the time you can legally use it.Some other options are shift to the country where it is legal tender but only if you have too much of btc with you and other feasible factor must taken Into consideration.But certainly no government is going to explicitly ban bitcoin as they want it now so not much worries on that part but to contrary if something happens then live with that.
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When the state starts to ban it, it is certain that they have the legal power to arrest the perpetrators who violate it. If I was in your position, then I only have two options and that is to sell the mining equipment or leave it. But if the mining business is big, I might think that moving to a mining-friendly country is also worth considering as is China's mining farm business.

OP, can you explain to us what restriction you are facing in your country. Is it mining, using bitcoin as currency, trading or are you just imagining if there is a ban?
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Okay, thanks for the correction. This is very good news for the crypto community in India and I'm happy about it.
In fact, I hope that the ban on crypto will not happen in any country in the world, because there really is no reason for that.


Actually government will simply follow what the committee recommended to them but for now they are serious economical crisis since the covid 19 so this bill has not been in their priority list to pass soon meanwhile they also allowed lot of exchanges to operate in India which includes Binance owned Wazirx exchange so this is going to be like cat and mouse race.
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and India has also stated that it has banned cryptocurrency by legislation.

Since I live in the EU I personally have no such worries but people living in countries like India where crypto is not legal (from what I have heard) have a big problem.

Pardon me, but both of these facts are outdated as of now. India has not banned cryptocurrencies as of now. There is a cryptocurrency bill lined up and India is taking inputs from various industry experts in order to regulate cryptocurrencies. I believe that the ill-informed and less literate media has been spreading the news that crypto is completely banned in India. A full crypto ban was never made in India. But yes, one committee has recommended that crypto be banned. But the government is yet to consider the same.

Further, in the past RBI (central bank) had issued notices to banks/forex brokers from maintaining accounts of people dealing with cryptocurrencies. However, the same was quashed by the Supreme Court and currently the RBI itself has quoted the Supreme Court order to state that there is no restriction on banks/forex brokers. This came after some banks were found to be denying services on the basis of the previous notification.

You can read the full history of proceedings over banning of cryptocurrency in India in my post

Okay, thanks for the correction. This is very good news for the crypto community in India and I'm happy about it.
In fact, I hope that the ban on crypto will not happen in any country in the world, because there really is no reason for that.

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You can use cryptocurrency you want like bitcoin but if you're caught having bitcoin then you won't be protected by your country's law. The difference is you can't use exchanges without using VPN. In my country, the price of bitcoin when you sell is the same as the current price but when you buy bitcoin is that the price is higher than the current price which is more like a TAX.
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is there any country that totally banned bitcoin? for example, our countries do not have any policy against bitcoin, as far as I know, only those scam investment that uses bitcoin are not allowed of course, also heard a news that the stock exchange here is opening its way to crypto, but if what you say is going to happen, ill probably just keep my crypto and wait, for them to allow the use and trading because as far as I know, they can't totally ban it.
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It depends upon the law enforcing which states the violations thereof.

If owning cryptocurrencies is directly against the law which criminally punishes a person, then I wouldn't hesitate to dispose my remaining BTCs. But if the government of my country is only strongly against cryptocurrency but does not prohibit one from owning, then I would keep it. Anything that is against the law, I would comply in order not to risk anything.

In reality, I doubt that countries would punish someone for owning cryptocurrencies. Even if they see decentralization as a threat to their control, I doubt that they would implement a law that punishes people from owning one.
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and India has also stated that it has banned cryptocurrency by legislation.

Since I live in the EU I personally have no such worries but people living in countries like India where crypto is not legal (from what I have heard) have a big problem.

Pardon me, but both of these facts are outdated as of now. India has not banned cryptocurrencies as of now. There is a cryptocurrency bill lined up and India is taking inputs from various industry experts in order to regulate cryptocurrencies. I believe that the ill-informed and less literate media has been spreading the news that crypto is completely banned in India. A full crypto ban was never made in India. But yes, one committee has recommended that crypto be banned. But the government is yet to consider the same.

Further, in the past RBI (central bank) had issued notices to banks/forex brokers from maintaining accounts of people dealing with cryptocurrencies. However, the same was quashed by the Supreme Court and currently the RBI itself has quoted the Supreme Court order to state that there is no restriction on banks/forex brokers. This came after some banks were found to be denying services on the basis of the previous notification.

You can read the full history of proceedings over banning of cryptocurrency in India in my post
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Currently, Bitcoin cannot be banned in a single country. If you understand the blockchain, you know that, technically, no country can basically control Bitcoin. Because Bitcoin is a consensus reached by anonymous participants around the world, it can only be restricted by law but obviously cannot be forbidden. It can only be guided and restricted.
My country does not explicitly prohibit bitcoin transactions, but restricts some bitcoin transactions. If the op country bans bitcoin transactions and mining, I suggest you don’t use your own wallet to test it. Mining can be relocated to other countries that are friendly to cryptocurrency. In short, you must protect your property.

I don’t think any of us are afraid that the government might control our crypto activities on the Internet.
The problem, however, arises when we want to withdraw our crypto earnings and convert it into fiat currency so that we can buy a new car, a house etc.
At that point, anonymity disappears and you have to somehow report your crypto earnings and prove that it came from a legal source.
This is what most people in the crypto world are most afraid of.
Since I live in the EU I personally have no such worries but people living in countries like India where crypto is not legal (from what I have heard) have a big problem.
 If your country does not allow the use of Bitcoin, what would you do?
If I had a large amount of crypto funds in my wallet, I would probably go live in another state.
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Even if it was “banned” in China especially financial institutions, banks, etc., there’s no stopping these Chinese enthusiasts from transactioning Bitcoin via P2P and using VPN to trade on exchanges (especially DEXs).

Let’s say if my nation prohibits citizens from trading Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies by banning banks, remittances, payment gateways, etc., from dealing with crypto companies, I would rather do the same thing by using VPN and doing P2P exchanging.

Or if it’s gonna get worse, i would move to another crypto friendly country and apply for dual citizenship (or changing my citizenship). Coz’ I can’t live without crypto lol.
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Honestly, I would just wait it out if possible. Things change from one cycle to the next and we might see more countries adopt some for, or start acknowledging Bitcoin in the same way, during the next cycle. Maybe not to make hasty decisions but rather to see what happens. Monetary policies change with the tide.
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The El Salvador news was really something direct and I wish the same could be said in my country.
In case that Bitcoin is prohibited in my country, I would just search out in Facebook on who to trade here in my area ONLY IF I was already hodling BTC.
If I was like back in my 2013 misconception about Bitcoin, I might not care at all which is kind of sad but surely later on I would find ways to buy more BTC assuming that hodling is still allowed, not just the traditional transaction you'll usually do.
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A few days ago, it was learned that El Salvador has set Bitcoin as legal tender, China has banned mining, and India has also stated that it has banned cryptocurrency by legislation. Recently, the German Fund Positioning Act allows investment in cryptocurrency, but in the past few days, I have seen a lot of discussions about whether Bitcoin is legal. What should I do if Bitcoin is prohibited in my country/region? If mining is prohibited, do I need to switch to a place that recognizes Bitcoin to continue mining?

Correction, the announcement was made on the 9th of June, almost 1 month ago Smiley

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/el-salvador-approves-first-law-bitcoin-legal-tender-2021-06-09/
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I will not be original if I say that Bitcoin is also not credible in my country. The government does not exclude its use, but the owner of the bitcoins should bear all the risks. As for mining, it is strictly suppressed, since the use of electricity is very expensive. Well, if you follow the news about Chinese miners, they, being adherents of mining, are looking for alternatives, and are ready to move to other territories, just not to abandon the business to which they are loyal.
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Currently, Bitcoin cannot be banned in a single country. If you understand the blockchain, you know that, technically, no country can basically control Bitcoin. Because Bitcoin is a consensus reached by anonymous participants around the world, it can only be restricted by law but obviously cannot be forbidden. It can only be guided and restricted.
My country does not explicitly prohibit bitcoin transactions, but restricts some bitcoin transactions. If the op country bans bitcoin transactions and mining, I suggest you don’t use your own wallet to test it. Mining can be relocated to other countries that are friendly to cryptocurrency. In short, you must protect your property.
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Responding first from the caution of the topic, if a country we are don't allow use of bitcoin, what shall do? the answer is that we do nothing, because country have the last authority to penalize anyone, but from me, i think if you are a trader you have to do all your cryptocurrencies related in secret to avoid violating of government order

A few days ago, it was learned that El Salvador has set Bitcoin as legal tender, China has banned mining, and India has also stated that it has banned cryptocurrency by legislation.
If using of bitcoin has been accepted or implemented into law, what's the need of china as country to ban mining, we have to know, because no country can ban cryptocurrency and especially bitcoin, the only thing they can do is to restrict cryptocurrency in their country, even some African countries who tried to restrict cryptocurrency, but till now Crypto is still in existence according to news.

Recently, the German Fund Positioning Act allows investment in cryptocurrency, but in the past few days, I have seen a lot of discussions about whether Bitcoin is legal. What should I do if Bitcoin is prohibited in my country/region? If mining is prohibited, do I need to switch to a place that recognizes Bitcoin to continue mining?
Bitcoin legal, their is no two ways to think about bitcoin legalisation, it depends the country who don't want to accept cryptocurrency and bitcoin in particular as a legal tender, bitcoin transaction base on online it's not a manual something whereby people will detect what you are doing easily, my suggestion is that you can transact with btc in your room, no need of going out of your country before the transaction will be processed.
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What should I do if Bitcoin is prohibited in my country/region? If mining is prohibited, do I need to switch to a place that recognizes Bitcoin to continue mining?
If bitcoin holding or trading is banned in your country then you have no other choice than moving to another place where cryptocurrency is legal and it applies to the mining but if you are okay with violating the laws and you are going to hold the assets for longer term then you can do the activities from your own country and sell the mined bitcoin in p2p trading platforms.
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Well, you have to stop being an activity in bitcoin because this has become a ban in your country especially with the law which will later lead to prison because of its ownership, I think bitcoin ownership will not insist on banning it but only the government is not responsible for all this then some countries still do not legalize bitcoin.

But I'm still happy that my country of residence supports cryptocurrencies even though it's not fully, but banks will make digital money which will later be similar to bitcoins that can be traded on exchanges.
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What should I do if Bitcoin is prohibited in my country/region? If mining is prohibited, do I need to switch to a place that recognizes Bitcoin to continue mining?
Probably it would take a lot of time in my country beforr this happen. My country somehow supports some of these cryptocurrency activity, hence our government is unlikely to ban bitcoin and other cryptocurrency but expect some warning for those unregulated or what weve called ICO. Cause SEC in our country will definitely not tolerate any scam projects that lurking in our territory. But if ever this happened. I would still continue to do trading or maybe fly out to a country that accepts or has no banned on crypto.
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If your nation simply have yet officially accept Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, you can use it but be aware that you will not be protected by laws in your nation.

I'd reconsider this statement. If you're in a country where bitcoin is a de jure asset (eg in places like the EU where an asset has to be expressly made illegal to own) then you do have legal rights to possess the asset, trade it and receive the same contractual/legal protections as long as you confirm yourself to their requirements (for example not doing a single transaction of more than €15000 cash without KYC).
You can trade and won't be put into jail because you have trades with Bitcoin or cryptocurrency.

Only when you have crypto trades and you were scammed by trade partners or your trade partners use dark money for money laundering, you will not be protected by laws. You will lose your money and can not find any help from police, banks or government.

You can not visit the police office and say I have a bitcoin trade via bank transfer, and I was scammed, please help me.
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If bitcoin became illegal, I'd just travel whenever I wanted to sell it. A lot of drugs are illegal and yet they're still everywhere in most developed countries.
If mining became illegal and I was mining then I'd just sell the miner, ship it elsewhere or buy a boat to move them.




You need to differentiate between being legal tender and being banned or restricted.

Does this change based on the country? In the UK legal tender is strictly "what the courts will accept". You can pay for anything in non legal tender and some legal tender won't be accepted (such as paying for a £5000 car in pennies).

If your nation simply have yet officially accept Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, you can use it but be aware that you will not be protected by laws in your nation.

I'd reconsider this statement. If you're in a country where bitcoin is a de jure asset (eg in places like the EU where an asset has to be expressly made illegal to own) then you do have legal rights to possess the asset, trade it and receive the same contractual/legal protections as long as you confirm yourself to their requirements (for example not doing a single transaction of more than €15000 cash without KYC).
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What should I do if Bitcoin is prohibited in my country/region?
In many nations bitcoin and cryptocurrency are not legal tenders. You need to differentiate between being legal tender and being banned or restricted.

If your nation ban or restrict bitcoin and cryptocurrency usages, exchanges, you have to be very careful because you can be caught and put in jail by law.

If your nation simply have yet officially accept Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, you can use it but be aware that you will not be protected by laws in your nation.
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There isn't a single country that has successfully banned Bitcoin. I would continue using it in whatever capacity I was able to use it. If mining is banned and you have the resources to relocate then you should. Otherwise just sell your mining equipment and find other ways to earn Bitcoin.
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A few days ago, it was learned that El Salvador has set Bitcoin as legal tender, China has banned mining, and India has also stated that it has banned cryptocurrency by legislation. Recently, the German Fund Positioning Act allows investment in cryptocurrency, but in the past few days, I have seen a lot of discussions about whether Bitcoin is legal. What should I do if Bitcoin is prohibited in my country/region? If mining is prohibited, do I need to switch to a place that recognizes Bitcoin to continue mining?
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