Yeah, just like the other members have already said,the government can do whatever they please, and no one tells them what to do and what not to do, especially if it's coming from the common man. The government likes to be in control of everything, and as long as Bitcoin is not under their full control, they will not allow citizens to freely engage with it, although Bitcoin is not banned in all countries around the world.
Bitcoin has made some of the old investors millionaires, and for someone to be in such a favor of earning a fortune from Bitcoin, there are different strategies to be taken. First, someone cannot hold Bitcoin for a long time if they are only dependent on their Bitcoin investment. Some people are still holding the bitcoin they bought around 2011, and it's possible for them to do that because they still have other investments and sources of income.
No doubt that bitcoin has made the old folk rich as you said, but I want you to know that if the government knew that BTC will be this popular and currency that will continue to outshine there usual traditional currency they would try there best never to allow it go this far, I know that it wouldn't have been easy but they would have tried, presently I don't see anything they can do again about Bitcoin the blockchain technology makes it almost impossible for the government to do anything to btc, btc is everyone currency including the government and there is nothing they can do about it, the more the fight it, the more popular it becomes in the society, as I talk to you now, many people are interested in bitcoin because of both the negative and positive news coming from it.