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    Author Topic: Is it possible for a country to block bitcoins (or even the whole cryptos)  (Read 2783 times)
    Barbarian
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    August 13, 2017, 05:08:24 PM
    Last edit: August 18, 2017, 08:10:28 PM by Barbarian
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    Yes it is, and very easily in fact.

    All they need to do is block websites related to Bitcoin, such as online wallets (i.e. blockchain.info) and also block exchanges.

    This alone would kill any hope of Bitcoin becoming popular in a country as the only people who would go out of their way or risk buying would be hardcore Bitcoin enthusiasts, or criminals looking to use it for illegal purposes. This is one big problem Bitcoin has compared to gold, which cannot be easily controlled by the government.
    You are saying that as if it is impossible for people to circumvent that, and we know that is not the case, bitcoin is very similar to illegal downloads, it is illegal but everyone does it and almost no one is prosecuted by it, so not it is not going to work and it is way harder to block bitcoin than what you imagine.
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