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to be decided | 8 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 > .. they won't bother with Plebs ..

What makes you think that?

Outlawing Bitcoin holdings for regular citizens would be a heavy blow and IMO massively set back adoption.

IMO the people who're arguing: "But there's no (easy) way for governments to enforce/seize."

Regular citizens usually don't want to be doing illegal stuff, regardless of how easy it is for the government to enforce.

Just making it illegal - even if they can't immediately identify all violations - will give them a legal lever on everyone who might sometime later be identified.

I think regular citizens are not only important in this issue, they're key. My current view is that Bitcoin only has a chance if regular citizens have (enough) Bitcoin and will thus vote against 6012 policies/politicians.
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to be decided | 8 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Forgot part of a sentence:

> IMO the people who're arguing: "But there's no (easy) way for governments to enforce/seize."

... are making a weak point.

Because citizens don't want to be doing illegal stuff ..