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So when the non-existent unified one world government makes mining illegal in all 208? countries on the planet ... how exactly would they enforce it?

Last time I checked growing certain herbs is illegal (in some parts of the world, sometimes, for some reasons) however I am pretty sure people still grow them.

yeh i know.  But in all due respect it would be a lot easier to shut down the miners then the system. .
no ?

Nope, still don't get you.

How is this treat that will shut down all miners on the globe going to manifest itself?

Its nice playing "what if" scenarios, but they need some sort of credence before you should consider planning to counter them.  If we had to plan for every contingency it would be ridiculous, for example;-

"Could bitcoin suffer a 51% attack from super intelligent aliens working out block solutions in their head?"

yeh i know.  But in all due respect it would be a lot easier to shut down the miners then the system. .
no ?

Not a play at all it could be done .  to deny is foolish. .

No,

Weed growing is a lot easier to find and shut down, and it would have to be a massive grow for them to take notice.

Most people grow 1-3 plants which is ridiculously hard to find and shut down. You'd be have to be running like 1 Terahashes for them to even notice.

Mining can survive on many smallers nodes, but the marijuana industry relies on large Mexican drug lords that if shut down could heavily stop the flow of weed into the US.

Thats what this so called 'War on Drugs' is about.

Still, how do they differentiate mining traffic with regular internet traffic ?  

Satoshi was a genius to use the concept of mining to grow the currency.

No,

Weed growing is a lot easier to find and shut down, and it would have to be a massive grow for them to take notice.

Most people grow 1-3 plants which is ridiculously hard to find and shut down. You'd be have to be running like 1 Terahashes for them to even notice.

Mining can survive on many smallers nodes, but the marijuana industry relies on large Mexican drug lords that if shut down could heavily stop the flow of weed into the US.

Thats what this so called 'War on Drugs' is about.

Still, how do they differentiate mining traffic with regular internet traffic ?  

Satoshi was a genius to use the concept of mining to grow the currency.

Wat is weird is that you are comparing bitcoin to weed growing .. This isn't  a currency of weed growers . . it's a currency of revolutionists. .

"Could bitcoin suffer a 51% attack from super intelligent aliens working out block solutions in their head?"

I think your the one who is high lol

The point of the comparison and my response was to ask you: How could the government legally define mining and enforce it in a way it'll be upheld in court.

The weed comparison was in response to your comment

I think your the one who is high lol

The point of the comparison and my response was to ask you: How could the government legally define mining and enforce it in a way it'll be upheld in court.

The weed comparison was in response to your comment

Yankee noted . . And this guy has two thousand posts.  unbelievable. .

No one understands what you are posting.

Two are totally  distinguishable.

Currency and weed have very little in common, but Yankee was trying to point out that even though weed is illegal, its everywhere. It being illegal doesn't stop people from using it, its more popular now than back when it was legal. The same applies if mining was made illegal, it wouldn't stop people from mining.

It still applies.

You think that if mining is made illegal, that everybody in the world is going to stop mining?

Weed is indeed a currency. I paid a plumber in weed the other day in fact. And a case of beer.

OK, let just look at this situation carefully.

We've got 208 countries in 7 continents. Very few of these countries government know anything about Bitcoin & many of these countries hate each other & will not talk to each other. There is no way they would all make Bitcoin mining illegal, at least one country is going to agree with Bitcoin as a concept and not want to ban it (in the weed example this would be Holland) or just not care, or want to increase tax income by allowing it.

What is more likely than every country banning it is that the US try to create a UN mandate banning Bitcoin mining. This means it would be illegal (controlled) in 193 countries. This is also extremely unlikely & would be heavily disputed & would take years and years to happen.

Its almost more likely that the super intelligent alien theory happens than a mandate coming out banning Bitcoin mining, but lets pretend it happens. How do they even catch anyone doing it? Miners IP's can be obfuscated using TOR, hard drives can be encrypted (in case of a raid by police) power bills can be reduced to nothing using ASIC's & said ASIC's can be manufactured in clandestine factories. How would they even begin to go around catching miners?

If Bitcoin mining was made illegal, I'd estimate less than 10% would stop as its not a morally wrong thing to do & its extremely hard to get caught doing and even harder to prosecute when caught.

Attempting to stop bitcoin mining would be more futile than herding cats.

No one understands what you are posting.

It's got Nothing to do with countries " hating " each other what a bogus line  a Deluded line. .You are beyond delusional  . .

cheers. . But how. .

FROM NOW ON ANY DIVERTIONAL CURRENCY CONTRARY TO THE STATE WILL BE MADE ILLEGAL AND BE PUNISHABLE BY DEATH OR LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR THE GOOD OF THE SURVIVAL OF THE NATION AND SURVIVAL OF ITS CITIZENS . EASY  .

Cool. First off, you've just spent a few million getting lawyers to write that & to make sure that it will hold up in court, and second, what about in the UK? That law won't apply there, so now you gotta go work with the UK government as well, and repeat for 208 countries. Would take years.

And then what happens when it goes to court and somebody makes a case that Bitcoins aren't currency, because Bitcoin doesn't fit the current legal definition of a currency (which is true). That will have to be changed to.

Its not just as easy as that.

Also, where will they get all the money to keep all those people in prison? It costs $10,000 a year to keep someone in jail. New budget has to be introduced as well.

Bitcoin depends on miners right. . What if mining became " Illegal." What to do then.  solutions. .

Weed is indeed a currency. I paid a plumber in weed the other day in fact. And a case of beer.

Mining can easily be done on the darknet. Some pools even have onion websites.

If any Bitcoin activities are made illegal, people will route around them.

Mining is done offline, and the block can be claimed by anonymous publishing to the network. It would seem that if it was illegal it would be very easy to hide.

They cannot shut down the silk road. Hell, they can't even keep drugs out of prisons. They could make such a law but it would just be another in a series of unenforcable laws.