We have seen some of the bigger countries turning their back on Crypto currencies.
How will a complete Bitcoin ban by China / Russia and very strict regulations in the USA impact the viability and existence of Crypto currencies?
These are some of the biggest economies in the world and their exclusion will have a huge impact?
Do you feel the remaining countries could make it viable?
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Keep the promotion for Alt coins in the Alt coins section please... I see no reason, why a Alt coin would make a difference, if "Crypto currencies" are banned.
we can not dismiss the truth that this had implications for the development of Crypto currencies, but it is not going to make Crypto currencies die because its not in the major economies, there is still a small economy countries and communities around the world who use it and is active enough to make success in the future.
Also bitcoin is spread throughout internet and it would be very difficult to ban because there is no single authority to shut down. You could make btc illegal but there are ways to to surpass this.
If you ban it, no merchant within that countries borders would be allowed to accept it as a payment method. {That shuts the incentive to use it locally off to the general public}
If you accept it "online" and it gets traced back to you, it will lead to fines or imprisonment. {It's a illegal currency}
Most people would go underground, but it will still hurt the whole Bitcoin community.
Its not a option, so yeah going underground becomes a forced option.
As for the tracing back concept, its why people mix their coins to avoid that conflict depending the volume. Honestly, most of these coins are going for gambling maybe a small percent is held personal reasons to cold wallets.
The problem still though is if the country bans it, it deletes the entire community in that region being less global.
How will mixing coins, help with you being able to spend your coins in a country where "Crypto currencies" are banned? You can mix as much as you want, if there are no merchants to spend it, you are stuffed.
If they stop the trade, they stop the currency.
{Let's say people started to use goats to trade, and the government ban goats for trade... You can have 1000s of goats, and nobody can use it, because it's banned... So the demand for goats will decrease }