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TheAustrianSignal · 3d
The argument proves the opposite of what you think it does. If governments could simply "freeze funds at the issuer" and make Bitcoin illegal to accept, they would have done so by now. Instead, they'...
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The United States has never once made Bitcoin illegal to own or operate. They don't want to shut it down because they own and control it. You never left the system.

Litecoin fixes this.

Litecoin is the opt out.

The "problems" you're describing sound like "features" to me.
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Bobb · 3d
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TheAustrianSignal · 2d
The claim that the United States "owns and controls" Bitcoin reveals a confusion between regulation of on-ramps and control of the protocol itself. The US government holds seized Bitcoin. That is not the same as controlling the network, any more than a government holding confiscated gold controls me...