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Cryptocurrency users in India are using the internet to voice their protest over a recent crackdown by the country’s central bank. Instead of allowing it to be stifled, petitioners call on the government to help cultivate the new ecosystem which can benefit India in various ways.

The petition calls on the country to adopt a framework which will allow cryptocurrency innovation to flourish instead of trying to stifle it. It points to failed attempts by cities around the world to block Uber as an example of why it wouldn’t work.

Other countries with similar development can imitate this bold move After all, a strong united community always had a strong voice.
Do you think signing a petition could be an effective way to get government listening?

https://news.bitcoin.com/over-16000-indians-sign-petition-against-irrational-rbi-crackdown/?utm_source=OneSignal%20Push&utm_medium=notification&utm_campaign=Push%20Notifications

Signature campaign have been proven to be effective many time in the past, and even in this forum we use the same method to promote ICO projects.
In my opinion it can be effective particularly in an open minded community, but I don't think 16k petitioners could change government directive in such a heavily populated county  such as India.
Though 16k is a breakthrough in such a short time and garnering such number same day with the directive is no simple task and feat, but I hope they can get 16M with this.

I think a strong petition could make a dent on the minds of the regulating body in your country. It would help best if the most popular and respected financial and technological analysts and experts  as well as the top economists in your country will be at your side on this petition. Your petition will be much stronger with that. It is after all a very hard battle if you are going against the government.  

Anytime the community unite and have their voice heard will always gain attention especially in the media. Governments worry more about winning the next election, so if they feel that it could impact their re-election chances then the petition will work positively.

Another way to combat the Central bank would be for all crypto users to make a loud noise about how they're all going to move their money to a crypto friendly bank. Banks don't like to see millions of dollars going to competitors.

Yes, but the number of people involved is still too small, especially in the real world. It's a little hard to get bigger support.

Maybe a petition world wide would be much stronger. I think banks are already taking consideration on crypto market. They never prevent the usage of it, what they only wanted is to avoid illegal stuffs like money laundering and corruption. If crypto is really useful then, making proposal to the government shouldn't be that hard. There's a lot of stuff to be considered though. But, everyone here even me is looking forward to voice out and let the world know how great crypto is.

I'm agreeable that to make the government listen and give attention is to unit and make one voice, after all politician worry bout their status in the next election campaign race. It really is a good way to go, however, it would then be dependent on the number of the united voice.
And still 16000 is a small proportion with respect to the whole.
but it was impressive nonetheless.

On another note, it really to gather strong support from huge asset holders with respect to moving assets to competing banks.
it is a great idea though, but definitely hard to achieve.