Is it technically possible to ban Bitcoin in a particular country?

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Quote from: talkbitcoin on September 06, 2017, 04:37:54 AM

when some country bans bitcoin, they ban usage of it. so it will be technically illegal to hold bitcoin, invest in it, trade it, or use it as a currency to buy stuff. they can not shut it down or prevent it, they can only prohibit it.

but don't worry, big countries won't do it. just a handful of under developed countries have only said bitcoin is illegal because they are illiterate enough not to understand it.

Of course they cannot ban the internet but what they can ban the Bitcoin wallet websites and on which they can spend bitcoins or trade.
But if the person knows only a little about VPN then their whole work is spoiled.
So technically it's not possible to ban bitcoin anywhere

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Quote from: nkmt on September 06, 2017, 04:23:31 AM

Let's say the Chinese government decides to ban Bitcoin. Is it technically possible without shutting down their Internet?

Well in fact, there are some countries that ban the usage and utilization of bitcoin due to its nature being decentralized and difficult to regulate. One disadvantage of bitcoin is that, it is being used under the dark web for illegal transactions due to being hard to track-down. The greatest example of this crime can be discussed under the "Silk Road" transaction where it was linked into drugs.

Shutting down the internet just to prevent people from using bitcoin may be a stupid idea because not all people know the existence of bitcoin. There are far greater things can be utilize under the internet than just by shutting it down to prevent any bitcoin transactions. The government though may impose laws that will penalize individuals who still uses bitcoin despite having a law that bans the usage of it.

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You can ban it but this will not achieve anything because bitcoin has no boundaries. You can use it everywhere where is internet connection and there are no means to control that. So the ban could only work on the way that no institutions, individuals or merchants are allowed to performe bitcoin related businesses. Ban makes no use that will not stop people from using bitcoin.

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Quote from: nkmt on September 06, 2017, 04:23:31 AM

Let's say the Chinese government decides to ban Bitcoin. Is it technically possible without shutting down their Internet?

Literally speaking, can the government ban Bitcoin in a certain country? The answer is yes. But can they control their citizens to obey this? Not entirely. The government can easily do banning and treating Bitcoin illegal. However, since they cannot monitor each and every individual, they cannot fully impose that law. The government can easily instruct their major ISPs to block all access related to Bitcoin but some can just use VPN and tunnels.

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It's possible not only that Chinese Government but also other government can block different sites that are related directly to Bitcoin and if the Government want to cut the internet off for public and private use then they could do so. Governments can do whatever they want in their country and manipulate everything to their favor.

Quote from: wildflower18 on September 07, 2017, 11:05:22 AM

It is not easy to ban bitcoin in a certain country. Though there are already countries that have ban btc but users can't stop using btc. And yes it is possible to ban without shutting off the internet but it will take a lot of process.

Actually, it is easy for a Government to do that. Like what I've said Government can manipulate everything. They have total control over this type of case. They could make a law that prohibits citizens to transact or use Bitcoin in the corresponding country.

Quote from: Kprawn on September 07, 2017, 11:23:37 AM

Ok, How will the Chinese government be able to stop me from "receiving" bitcoins from someone for something I did for them

online? How will they stop me from crossing the border with a piece of paper with a QR code with my private key or sending

those bitcoins to a friend's address in another country? Bitcoin will just go underground, if it is banned in a specific country. Wink

To answer your question logically, Let's say you were written/printed down your QR Code and Private Key to transact over the border. How would you access your wallet if the country bans those Crypto related apps such as Online and offline wallets, this forum and etc.? If you already have the account before the law or ban was implemented then for I think it is safe to say that no one can track it down. But how would you access it? Don't underestimate the power of Government.

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Yes they can ban bitcoin in there countries as long as the government has talked about it and decided it. But they can't eliminate bitcoin on their country rather it will be hard for them to transact it and withdraw or convert it into fiat money. They would even IP block the whole country into some bitcoin sites where can be easily be bypass thru VPN networks. Those could be the only outcome once a country ban bitcoin or any cryptocoin.

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Ok, How will the Chinese government be able to stop me from "receiving" bitcoins from someone for something I did for them

online? How will they stop me from crossing the border with a piece of paper with a QR code with my private key or sending

those bitcoins to a friend's address in another country? Bitcoin will just go underground, if it is banned in a specific country. Wink

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Well of course it's possible. If i'm not mistaken, there's some countries that banned bitcoin as well, like if you're found out using bitcoin, you'll be jailed.
But well, it's kinda hard to ban bitcoin without shutting down the internet, because people still be able to access it in many ways, although maybe the goverment try to block bitcoin websites, they still can change their vpn, or well.... Doing all kind of hacks to get access.

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Quote from: wildflower18 on September 07, 2017, 11:05:22 AM

It is not easy to ban bitcoin in a certain country. Though there are already countries that have ban btc but users can't stop using btc. And yes it is possible to ban without shutting off the internet but it will take a lot of process.

Yes there are already few countries which have banned btc and country have their own laws and if they think bitcoin should not be used by their citizens then they can easily make law and put the ban on bitcoin and its related sites to it. Also still people may trade it but that will be illegal so officially they can easily ban the bitcoin and formulate the law regarding it.

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It is not easy to ban bitcoin in a certain country. Though there are already countries that have ban btc but users can't stop using btc. And yes it is possible to ban without shutting off the internet but it will take a lot of process.

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Quote from: btc-facebook on September 07, 2017, 07:21:09 AM

Rather than banning internet, government should make their law right for preventing people using bitcoin since banning internet is not good solution
When there is a law against bitcoin, people may think twice before start using bitcoin

yeah im agree with you bro. .but speaking of banning internet . Will as i know internet is the must important in our generation we use it for contacting our family and friends everywhere . So if china decided that bitcoin will be banned i think they can banned it not the internet . but idont know if china can banned internet in all country.? Haha Cheesy

idon't think so

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Government can ban anything. I know of organisations who internet will not allow access to any site with some specific keywords no matter how you try. They regulate virtually everything and even with some sites with some specific IPs within office hours and the system wont even connect to an external internet access to make those sites available that's how far government can do when they are ready but lets hope it dosent get to that because not everyone is techy savvy that can break through those firewalls put in place.

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it is possible to ban bitcoin in a particular country but to take in action government will need to pass a law to enforce it and they will need to allocate budget on it, it will take a lot of resources and millions of dollars to make it possible. Bitcoin is one of a large investment in different part of the world it is popular because of its volatility. Banning one of the large investment will make a huge effect in the market economy of ones country like in china where there are lots of investor of bitcoin and other crypto currency also they are one of a large bitcoin mining country [as far as I know].

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Quote from: SiNeReiNZzz on September 07, 2017, 06:52:57 AM

Yes it can be possible. The government has the rights to ban whatever they saw that is against in their own means, and sometimes they just don't want something that could threaten them or maybe something they saw that can compete in terms of power, also in order for them to remain in position that no one could oppose them or maybe it could lead that people using bitcoin are rebels as they can see it is illegal, that is only how I see if it would be banned.

Technically yes and would limit although not fully because no matter how they do it, some people who are versatile in the use of IT and internet will always find a way. However, they can cripple it because majority of people can simply not even guess the password of a public wifi not to talk of finding a break through to a website that has been blocked. How they will do it, is to block every website that have any name relating to crypto-currency from being accessed with their satellite and with that a lot of people will be discouraged and then try something else.

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Beacuse Bitcoin is an money through the internet it could be potentially banned by law in some countries but using the system and gaining more Bitcoin cant be banned. It's a system free to use to every individual and if banned by law can be used after that just a little more carefully because there will be fear of punishments and detentions.But even then a country can ban Bitcoins but can't actually ban and terminate the use of them. It will just be harder for them to actually get their hands on it beacause they won't be able to turn it into real money.

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Passing a law to ban something is very different than enforcing the law.

Speeding on the highway is banned. Government enforces this among 1% of the drivers or less.

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Bitcoin is the currency of internet without any restrictions. A person owning an internet connection just cannot be stopped completely from using bitcoin. Yes creating local wallets can be restricted which might make conversion of bitcoin in local currency difficult. But banning bitcoin would mean banning internet completely so one could say its theoretically possible but not practically viable.

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Quote from: Ayers on September 07, 2017, 07:01:39 AM

Quote from: nkmt on September 06, 2017, 04:23:31 AM

Let's say the Chinese government decides to ban Bitcoin. Is it technically possible without shutting down their Internet?

if you mean usage by banning it's possible, but if you mean that they ban the connections, i don't think it's possible, you can always use tor or other proxy to connect to nodes

This reply? Is not relevant. You see since its decentralized, no one can crack the code, so obviously they can't ban it. Even USA's best can't break it so what more in those other countries out there.

Like in the country that I'm currently in Bitcoin is banned but you can still use it. The only thing that they are banning is its usage but you can still use it.

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Quote from: nkmt on September 06, 2017, 04:23:31 AM

Let's say the Chinese government decides to ban Bitcoin. Is it technically possible without shutting down their Internet?

i think that is unusual way if they shut down their internet just for banning bitcoin on their country. we all know that without internet all transaction in all over their country will become slow and that will be the risky decision they ever made, so they dont do that for their sake, but instead of shutting down like you mentioned, they will enable the restriction of allowing site that will related in bitcoin and altcoin.

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It is almost impossible to ban Bitcoin because it is decentralized. Governments can however track the ips and steal the coins, but it is not so easy , especially if the bitcoin's holder take the security needed steps

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