Bitcoin Forum

I feel sad ( :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[) to hear that bitcoin is being banned in countries including
Iceland
Bolivia
Ecuador
Kyrgyzstan
Vietnam
Bitcoin is such a wonderful online tool of this Modern world. Personally, i hope that these bans will be abolished and that everyone can access bitcoin in whatever country they are without any legal offence occurring. What do you guys think? 

In some of these countries ban is only nominal. And you still can trade without problems.
For example trading bitcoins in Vietnam is still unrestricted by law, and two largest bitcoin markets in Vietnam - VBTC and Bitcoin Vietnam are working without being restricted.

I think once most countries legalise bitcoins the countries on this list will also legalise it.
Otherwise they are just staying behind the curve, like Russia and the 5 year plan.

they cannot stop you from using it, how they can even thinking of knowing about the activity of every citizens of their population, is insanely stupid to think

i would continue to use bitcoin if i were there, i would simply avoid to exchange it for fiat, after all is the final target of bitcoin

mmh thinking about this, it will force the directly usage of bitcoin more, which is good in the end

I wouldn't worry about that! We can see bitcoin's infrastructure is improving! Ppl are buying up the price! More and more ppl find the advantages! They will start to accept it even in the restricted countries! Gov will change their unreasonable stance, just like Russia!

You forgot the recent one, taiwan. Those bans are ridiculous IMO, and they should be removed.

I mean a lot of drugs are banned and people still use them. Bitcoin doesn't have the side effects that drugs do. You can't test positive for owning a bitcoin.

There are some people from those countries that still use BTCitcoin without any problem, the thing is I think it's only banned for using it for physical stuff on stores and exchanging it and people are still free to use it online as they can't (the government) control people from using it

I'm starting to think these newbie accounts are just here to spread FUD and drama over bitcoins. They are either people who missed the train and want the price to go down so they can buy in again, or members of r/buttcoin.

Sad to hear regarding about this thread, so many countries banned because of using bitcoin that can't be taxed by the government. What a lame! The government itself is afraid for sure to be defeated by a virtual currency.  8)

There is no effective way to ban Bitcoin completely. It could scare off potential investors and the general public and brick and motar buisnesses would not deal with it. But it is still an effective way to transfer money and use online. Users can still transfer money to another person from another country and trade Bitcoins with them.

Any source or info that how will the ban take place and what all will be included in the ban? They can never ever ban bitcoin. You need to ban the whole of the internet to ban bitcoin, else monitoring the transactions of bitcoin from your country is impossible.

There are still proxies.People will still access it.I don't think any country has legalized any cryptocurrency.So a ban won't matter much.

To ban Bitcoin, the government can easily do what the Chinese did. That is to blacklist all the known IPs of the website and Bitcoin nodes. Monitoring of transactions will be possible if the government creates large amount of Bitcoin nodes /16 IP block apart, only allowing them to connect to the nodes within the country and it would effectively create a sybil attack. Otherwise, they have to find a vulnerability in Bitcoin clients.

Don't worry those countries are pretty much irrelevant sh*tholes.  Once they see that everybody else is using bitcoin they will change their mind.

I think they banned it because they may have misunderstood how blockchain and bitcoin works or they have no any idea about all of this. There are lots of countries like mine Nepal where i think only 0.001% people know the word bitcoin. So if more people know how blockchain technology works in future, these restrictions will be removed.

Don't worry about it my friend ;), bitcoin cant be stopped, do you need an example? did any country stopped the bittorrent for example? No.
Bitcoin is not about what countries can say or not, even if they think this is illegal, if two guys want to use it as a payment, they cant stop it.

Do you think governments would ban Bitcoin because of misunderstanding about the system? They have lots of resources to refer from. Bitcoin is banned mostly due to the fact that government want to establish a control over their citizen and prevent them using it for unlawful purposes.

If bitcoin is proved to be useful and successful in other countries. The government which ban the bitcoin will legalize it and its people will benefit from it.

It will be quite opposite, if bitcoin will be successful, governments will see BTC as a threat to their own controlled currency.
And will try to ban, regulate or convince people that bitcoin is not trustworthy to invest in.

Well it can be the opposite or not, im not saying that they will try to win in some way with it, ofc that they will try to do that, thats his "style of life", but what will happen if bitcoin is big enough to don't let them do it and people choose to work with bitcoin instead of his own currency money?

Obviously this is a perfect scenario, but don't forget that is a possible scenario and the more that they wait to adopt it, bitcoin become more stronger.

I don't think every country will be able to ban Bitcoin, they can make it illegal, therefore they can charge you for criminal activities.

The reason why it's banned or made illegal in certain countries is because the government don't have any control over it.

yes ! it is true that bitcoins is banned in some countries due to illegal use of bitcoins . because using bitcoins many terrorist missuses the bitcoins for weapons contract that is bad.
but , i think in the future there will be some limitation on the bitcoin user. that will tends to increase the use of bitcoins.

It's sad that it's banned in some countries. It's because of criminals abusing and misusing bitcoin that they are banned

i don't think this is the reason, cirminal use more the local fiat currency than bitcoin, i think it's because the governement don't know how to deal with bitcoin, so the simply way is to ban it for the moment, but they can always change their mind in the future

Yeah I think it is more to do with the local governments perhaps not understanding it fully and not being able to control it, it will happen at some point but for now let them do what they need to :)

Yes exactly this! They are just short-sighted and they don't see and understand big picture. All of these bans are also happening on the suggestions of few people that don't have a clue what the Bitcoin is, so called experts.

It's just a matter of time until they don't unban it in my opinion!

Well these are not big countries and i don't think that will impact the price.
But the popularity is being decreased year by year(by banning in these countries)
So this is not good for the community and @Snorek i don't think government will implement bitcoin.

Now I hear that Russia is going to ban it. But it too big of a county too ban so how could it be completely done? China tied to ban it when it was exposed to the public but now their government is trying to work with it.

In Russia there will be official bitcoin ban. That means you won't be able trade or own bitcoin and bitcoin related services or businesses won't be able to exist in Russia, officially.
In reality whoever wants to buy or trade bitcoin can do it. Bitcoin exchanges like BTC-e are prime example that you can sell BTC for Rubles freely.

We  have had this topic discussed in several sections of this forum and always the conclusion falls to the the point that the countries don't want to use bitcoins as their corrupt government is scared that they won't be allow to carry on their scams .There are lot of other factors contributing to this ,the one is government wants to keep the individuals in a nation away from technological advancements as they're scared it will make a difference in their opinions.These are the same countries which have banned Facebook as well.

I think it's also because the governments have no control over it. So they can't just lift the fees of transactions and such.

This is the known effect of underlying technology which has powers to overcome the current systems.Change is not appreciated by the democracies,but all the world need is the change.To grant those,our corrupt government will not give up his selfish powers which would result in the explosion of his black money.In simple words, government of the respective countries would not like to add changes to the systems which will reinvent the wheel.

I dont think the fact that its going to be banned will change anything of the use of BTC in those countries..
You just... dont tell it everyone anymore..

When a country bans a currency then it does affect directly bitcoin in this case, because people will not use bitcoin like before because are warned and they should operate illegal.

The media would definitely be regulated for Bitcoin stuff and have to avoid reporting positive things about Bitcoin. Exchanges are likely to be banned to be operating legally in those countries and it would make it harder for users to purchase Bitcoins. Shops would also be unable to accept Bitcoin publicly, only online stores would be able to do it.

this is true only if you do not exchange, as long as you exchange for fiat they automatically have contorl over your money, and thus they can tax you easily

From the Library of Congress website: http://www.loc.gov/law/help/bitcoin-survey/
This report surveys forty foreign jurisdictions and the European Union, reporting on any regulations or statements from central banks or government offices on the handling of bitcoins as well as any significant use of bitcoins in business transactions.   Topics covered include whether bitcoins are recognized as legal tender, the possibility of negative impacts on the national currency, concerns about fraud, and how transactions using the Bitcoin system are viewed by tax authorities.

Of those countries surveyed, only a very few, notably China and Brazil, have specific regulations applicable to bitcoin use.  There is widespread concern about the Bitcoin system’s possible impact on national currencies, its potential for criminal misuse, and the implications of its use for taxation.  Overall, the findings of this report reveal that the debate over how to deal with this new virtual currency is still in its infancy.

The government could ban the BTC but, for real, they can't do it.

I mean, even that Bolivia banned it there still being some people using Bitcoins, not in everyday life but using in activities like education and gambling.

I think the real value of the bitcoin is comparative value, governments don want to people using bitcoin because the bitcoin shows the mediocrity of the actual governors in fiscal and monetary policy, they are completly irresponsible and btc evidence that

Banning bitcoin can prevent official ways of distribution, there won't be registered exchanges and other bitcoin services available. But that doesn't mean bitcoin will be shut down.
On the contrary, bitcoin is good when operating in the grey area and banning it will hurt economy of country in the long run because of missed opportunity of tax btc companies.

Some countries banned btc..but cant banned it at all..ehat i mean in here they still can use btc for online things like transfer,buy and sell a thing...they just got banned in real life..
So the point is they cant banned it at all..btc is growing in each country fast...so dont worry

As for me, I still cannot understand how they are going to ban Bitcoin. Who knows I am using it? Provider? No. The bank? No. What is the regulatory instrument for this?

Guys I think it will be free in the world because this can be easier for our life.bitcoin is very useful thing

In my country - Poland it's legal, but every gambling pages not  :-[

No mate that's not possible, govt. will never support bitcoins and never allow bitcoin to get on the mainstream, that's true that its easy and convenient to use but different people thinks differently.

True but if governments declare that using bitcoins is illegal in a nation then it becomes hard for people to accept/spend/trade it easily and thus the adoption will be less in those countries.

Hi, I am a fiction writer doing a story on the darknet/undernet and services paid for using bitcoins.
Could you please take a few moment to help me understand a few things.

I gather activity on the undernet is virtually untraceable, not impossible, but virtually so if using i2p and a VPN.
Is it the same for use of bitcoins when you buy goods or services through the undernet using bitcoins - are they
less traceable than a credit card, for example?
Thanks for any information you can offer.  :-\

why the government banned bitcoin? because they are afraid. is the currency bitcoin, different if bitcoin is known as a commodity

well I think it's bad situation. when people try to develop the tech and currency system, the other just try to destroy it. so sad. hope it won't be banned no longer

Do you happen to know what exactly the ban in Iceland includes ? Is it trading, owning, advertising or everything?

In my country no one is aware about bitcoins and I really don't find a single shop where I can spend my coins to buy anything.

different countries have different rules and regulation about bitcoin. some countries have no statement about bitcoin. yet they have no policy about bitcoin. for example in Pakistan. the Govt of Pakistan has yet given no statement about Bitcoin. therefore no one can say that either it is legal or illegal there in Pakistan.

Being banned is doesn't mean you can't buy, sell or save bitcoin.
It's just a rule from some country that you can't make a real transactions and use bitcoin as payment.

It is traceable in that miners (the ledger keepers) know the quantity of bitcoins that went from one bitcoin wallet to the other, but they do not know who owns the wallet. It is difficult finding the owner of a wallet so it's more anonymous than a credit card.

and if a country has yet given no statement about bitcoin. they have yet not diclear it legal or illegal then what will be the situation there. either the people are allowed to continue trading and earning bitcoin or not.

that is not the situation of your country but it is the situation of so many countries. but i think a time will come when all the countries of the world will admit and legalize bitcoin. and then there will be so  many shops and shopping center where people will use bitcoin as a legal currencies in shops and other places.

but i think it will take a little more time to change the mindset of the people. when the people know about the importance of bitocin defiantly they will compel the government to legalize bitcoin in their country and accept is as a stage currency.

no I am not agree with you. banned mean that no one allowed to operate that thing. for example if gambling is bane in your country then still you can keep it continue. not it will be against the rules and regulation of the country.

yes that is true and there is no doubt about this. every country has their own law rules and regulation. they have different thought about bitcoin. i have heard that some countries have legalize bitcoin. while other have banned it. but still there are so many countries who have not yet given any statement about bitcoin.

Yeah right if more people will use bitcoin and it will legal in every each country the price of bitcoin too will increase more.
For now we are just few and i think we are just 5% using bitcoin.. because they are still afraid to use bitcoin because of many scam allert..

i think it still 2 to 3 % and not 5%. the other thing is that people are not afraid from scammers, but the have not facilities there in their states to use it. or they are not allowed to do business in bitcoin in some countries.

yes that is a fact if the people got opportunities they will really do so. but the problem is that most of the people have no sound knowledge about bitcoin and they do not know anything about bitcoin. therefore i think it is good if we preach bitcoin so that people get knowledge about this and only then we can expect to get opportunities of using bitcoin in our local markets.

yes there is no doubt about this that bitcoin is too much convinient for us. but i think that what the states think about this. what is their idea. for example use of Solar Energy if not legal in our country. although it is very easy way of getting electricity almost free of cost but the govt do not allow any one to use it. because it is tax free and not in favour of govt. similarly i do not know about the bitcoin. either it is in govt favour or not.

Now that the common wealth has started pressurizing members to permit bitcoins, lots of countries with bitcoin-bans will start lifting those bans.

In my country not much people are aware with it and some of the people who are the online traders or online earners use this currency without any problem, and the government also do not interfere in it so we are free with the use of bitcoin.

yes i also consider these banes as temporary and as time passing and they realize the importance of bitcoin. i think they will release these banes from bitcoin and they will accept it as a crypto currency.

 different countries have different strategy and idea about bitcoin. some countries legalize bitcoin while some have not yet taken any action about bitcoin. but I am hopeful that in future all the countries of the world will accept bitcoin as a legal currency.

In My country Venezuela is little inestable, but more people start using bitcoin everyday because they want to avoid the currency politics.

Some miners has been arrested and some others still operating, the goverment don't want people using but if you dont talk to much you can have little amouts for making business.

Quizás quisiste decir: algunos venezolanos piden préstamos en bitcoin para sus negocios por lo que es realmente incierta la realidad
some Venezuelans borrow in bitcoin for business so it is really uncertain reality.

still it is not fully clarified the legality of bitcoin although knowing the government is likely this situation will change

different countries have their own law and regulation therefore they have thier own law about bitcon. but some countries are still there who have not yet given any statement about bitcoin.

yes that is the situation in most of the countries, i think most of the countries have their own thinking and policy about bitcoin, they are taking bitcoin differently, some people have consider it as a legal currency, while some have consider it as illegal while some have not given any statement about bitcoin, therefore in such state the people are free to use bitcoin but the government departments will still not accept bitcoin from the people.

How soon will disappear these prohibitions. In vietnam from what I understand going to trade with Bitcoin

it is hard to block bitcoin and other altscoin form these countries also i am sure many users from those countries joining this world every day do you know why because it is open peer to peer system so no regulation at all will affect this system.

And how would you consolidate it in your accounts? I mean how would you show your earnings from bitcoin in your tax documents?

i think most of the people are facing such kind of issues. actually still majority of the people have no idea about bitcoin, most of the people not yet hear its name, i think we need to introduce bitcoin in our area and specially to educated people who can get easy access to bitcoin because they have good knowledge about computer and internet, to me as soon as more people will get awareness about bitcoin we will fell the change about bitcoin and hope a time will come when we will be able to use bitcoin just like fiat currency.

i think it is our duty to introduce bitcoin to other our friends and relatives, i think if most of the people will start using bitcoin then the government will also start thinking about bitcoin.

to me i still never get such a huge amount from bitcoin for which i can pay tax, i think i am earning some amount from bitcoin which can only assist me in controlling my daily expenses.

your government do not interfere because most of the people do not know about bitcoin, they are not effecting the fiat currency of your country a lot. therefore your government is not taking any action about this, same is the case in my country, our government also yet not given any statement about bitcoin therefore we are also using it free minded.

yes the governments have full authority to take a decision about an issue and if they stop people from using a particular site or currency like bitcoin then the people of that country may not be able to use it. i think in most of the countries the government has yet not taken any step about  bitcoin that is way  people are using it freely.

every country has their own polices and law they have their own strategies about bitcoin.

Unless it is substantial, you can always spend your bitcoins (although this technically results in a tax liability).
And buy it back with tax paid fiat.

If it is not substantial,why take risk andd use bitcoin in illegal way.It wont be easy to conceal your usage of bitcoin from authorities.I think the best option would be either move to country where bitcoin is legal or keep your coins in cold storage

but i think the main reason of less investors of bitcoin is the awareness, they need awareness about bitcoin and hope that will start taking interest in bitcoin, still there are more than 80 % people who even do not know about bitcoin then why wil they take interest in bitcoin.

but i think the main reason behind the fact is that most of the people have still no idea about bitcoin in my country still there are so many people who do not hear the name of bitcoin, they need proper guidance and briefing about bitcoin.

yes it is a fact that different countries have their own rules and regulation they will be thinking about bitcoin in different ways, in my country the government has yet not taken any step about bitcoin and it is because that here a very little number of people know about bitcoin therefore the government is still not taking any step about bitcoin.

People have been saying it is a global currency so it should not differ from country too country just in how you exchange it to your local currency if you choose to do that instead of keeping it.
If you do then it does not change in the slightest. :)

these countries are just denying their country from the modern development of internet and online business, If they will not allow their nation for bitcoin then they will not be able to do any online deal as in the near future everyone is going to adopt bitcoin for their use.

Thank God my country is not on the list.  Yeah, why would they ban bitcoins, it can help in some other ways especially with their people if they want to have an additional income.  If I would be in that country I think I could use some trick for me to be able to access links to bitcoins.  It so sad to hear that there are countries who are not into some technological changes.

Same here.  Living on those country must be awful and so boring.  Bitcoin is so real and very much legal in almost every country.  It gave us something to live by earning bitcoins through many ways.  Bitcoin can ease almost the poverty of everyone because you could actually earn with it.  I do not think I could live on those country.  Bitcoin is my life. ;D

i think most of the countries have not yet officially announce bitcoin as legal currency, i think the main reason is that the states are still observing bitcoin and looking to its every aspect either it will effect their fiat currency their economy and either it has any other bad effect on their country then will defiantly study the security measure related to bitcoin and after that they will take any any decision about bitcoin.

no every one is getting  benefit from bitcoin and specially poor people as most of the people have no knowledge about computer and internet, most of the people have even no internet facilities then how can they get benefit from bitcoin i think it will take some more time when every one will get benefit from it, and if you have no permission from your government about using something then how can you say that it is legal. you have to follow the rules and regulation of your, and if you are not following it you are engage in an illegal activity,

really it is banned in that country? i think people which use bitcoin will take their responsibility when they use bitcoin and they know that bitcoin is not accepted in that country. but i hope people in that country still can use bitcoin to trade in crypto market exchanger and can withdraw it on their currency.

and for other country, i think each government should know more about bitcoin and make a study about bitcoin so they can allow bitcoin in each country.

In these countries bitcoin is banned by the government because they are of the view that it is also easily used by the criminals but the citizens of that countries are still busy in earning bitcoins as they can easily use bitcoins for buying digital goods and can pay for the services available online and no one can find them using bitcoin.

yes that is a fact, i think bitcoin is used by every country, but the number of users in every country are very less and i think the big reason behind  this is that bitcoin is not yet introduce to most of the people, therefor the important thing about bitcoin is to use to introduce it to other people who have no such knowledge about bitcoin .

Yes it is but not every country because some country banned bitcoin.  It is less because it was not introduced and people lacked interest.  Based on my experience, I introduced it to my family and friends before since they see me having money without a job.  When I told then about it they could not understand its basic and simplicity.  They think that it is too complicated since they are not into digital world.  It is hard for them to believe what bitcoins can do. 

But who knows, one day there would be more people who will use and benefit with bitcoin.

Well its depend on that country that why they banned bitcoin may be there will be some reasons but i think that its will be good may be
fixed tax on transaction of bitcoin or they deduct  services charges .

i think different countries have different rules and policies about bitcoin, but i think most of the countries have still no statement about bitcoin, and people are using it there freely having no restriction.

Different countries have different laws and regulations, BTC is banned in some countries, allowed in some countries, but in most countries, capital gains tax needs to be paid :(

i think different countries have different idea about bitcoin.

but as still in most of the countries the government have not yet given any statement about bitcoin therefore all the people of these countries are using bitcoin in the same way as there is no banned on bitcoin there, and still there no tax on bitcoin.

Here in my country the adoption is increasing and there is no tax. government still not give any statement about bitcoin or even in news.. but i think bitcoin will be more popular that can also attract government to give statement for bitcoin to accept bitcoin locally.. someday it will be happen..

and same is the case in my country, in my country as the number of bitcoin users is rapidly increasing and still there is no statement about  about bitcoin given by the government, but still i am also hopeful that our government will also take a positive step on the legalization issue of bitcoin.

Hey i am a Vietnam citizen and it is obvious that peopld here do not want to use bitcoin as a currency. It is a effect which is made by our government.  They do not arrest any people cause of using bitcoin. Instead of that, they avoid any shop accepting bitcoin for payment. They also prevent all the media from writing any articles about bitcoin advantages. Only articles about the bad sides of bitcoin are allow

and same is the condition in most of the countries as in my countries the number of bitcoin users is really increasing day by day and that is the reason that the government will really take a positive step toward bitcoin and will hopefully recognize it as legal currency.

Are there some ways to come over the ban and use bitcoin no matter the interdict?

yes but i think still there is no official statement from the governments of these countries that either bitcoin is legal or illegal in these countries therefore people of these countries are still using bitcoin.

Yeah, the government can't control everything. You could use a VPS or some sort of private proxy to receive Bitcoin in your country and the government won't even know

as most of the countries have still no statement about bitcoin that either it is a legal currency or not therefore people in these countries are still using bitcoin, may be some countries are thinking about bitcoin how to regularize it. hope a tie will come when all the countries of the world will accept bitcoin.

In my country it is not banned and I can easily use bitcoin in my country and can exchange it to any currency which I want and the government is also neutral to this currency and do not harm us for using it.

In india still their is no conclusion on Bitcoin, as some time we have got news of arresting the person for using bitcoin , but that was for illegal use. but still we cannot use but we are converting it to fiat currency.

i think in most of the countries bitcoin has the same value, on other side as most of the countries has not yet consider bitcoin as legal  currency therefore i think bitcoin is still same everywhere.

It is indeed a sad news, bitcoin supposed to be a freedom currency that can be used without the control of the government, however some selfish person used it illegally and breaking the country laws, that is why some of the country forbid it, if we can increase the bitcoin reputation i think it will wonderful to be able to use bitcoin everywhere

no i do not think that it is a bad news that it is not under the control of government actually it is a universal currency and therefore it cannot be under the control of any country

yes that is right to say that bitocin is a universal currency and is decentralize, therefore is is not under the control of any state or country. and that is the beauty of bitcoin that it has the same value in all over the world.

yes that is right that bitcoin is not under the control of any person or state as it is a universal currency having same value every where and is almost accepted by people in all the countries of the world.

to me bitcoin is not yet banned by any country there fore people are simply using it, but if any country bane bitcoin then people will find way how to use it even banned in by the state, but i think still not a single country is feeling the need to find alternate way of using bitcoin.

yes that is true that bitcoin is a universal currency and people from all over the world using it with same value everywhere, but still in different countries the behavior of the people is totally different with bitcoin, as some people thing it as just the wastage of time, while in other areas where there is some knowledge about bitcoin, they are considering bitcoin as one of he most import part of their lives.

The governments of developed countries are already involved in bitcoin and they are giving different statements about bitcoin but the governments of underdeveloped countries are busy in the development of their country so they do not find any time for bitcoin and the people of that nations are free with their decisions about bitcoin.

In my country people happily adopt bitcoin when they learn about it especially when they come to know that the value of this currency increases faster they invest their money and hold them for longer and they also like to earn bitcoins online.

In my country not much people know about bitcoin but there are only some educated people who stay much of their time on internet know about that and they do trade with it and there are some software engineers who are working their hard to promote it in the country.

That's the common thing that is happening right now, they are flocking to bitcoin, some of them don't even have a knowledge how it works as long as they see that they could earn money... Maybe that's one that's driving some people to earn bitcoin, poverty...  :)

in my country bitcoin is not yet regulated. but you can use it as payment processor, no tax becasue not yet regulated.
in other place of my country, some tourism use bitcoin to pay anything, and more merchands avaible, but the volume transaction is still small.
my dream in future the goverment will make a public regulation to bitcoin.

Wow, atleast there is an improvement, look at that, there are already merchants that accept bitcoin in where you live. Sooner or later there will be a widespread about it and some store might start accepting bitcoin too, never mind the government not regulating bitcoin, coz they won't care since they don't have a share on bitcoin.  :D

Many governments simply do not know what to do with Bitcoins. On the one hand, this new breakthrough technology, it is very convenient, reduces transaction costs, on the other hand the fear that these technologies will begin to use the criminals. But this is almost the same as to prohibit use of cash.

Of course it is sad. And I can't understand why is that so. Is it because btc is used often to buy drugs and weapon? But USD is used for it as well. Should we ban it as well? In my country it is just not in the law. Bitcoin is neither illegal nor legal. I am honestly not sure my government knows about such a thing at all.

Many of these countries are not showing that negativity against BTC, China and Russia, The biggest countries taking negative responses to BTC have shown much improvement in their response and attitude to it, These countries are going to allow bitcoin again in the future.

yes in most of the countries still there is no clear statement about bitcoin that either it is legal or illegal. and that is the reason that people are still using it for different activities. as some people use it as investment while other use it as fiat currency. some people also use it for transaction purpose.

The major reason why I know government will ban Bitcoin will be largely due to their inability to control it and due to the majority of people using it who might not be in the good book of government couple with government not having enough resources to commit for such research to really understand it so they believe its better to ban it all together... Over here government has not even made a definite statement on it which is due largely to the number of people using and I think majorly because they have more mundane things to do rather than focusing on Bitcoin...