Governments can block you from using bitcoin just like they block you from:
Gambling
Porn
Music piracy
Joining a terror group
Creating a fake facebook account
etc...
In other words, they can't.  

Seems clear to me? poloniex.com has it's hooks into your computer and can't seem to do a good job spying on you. It's not a government, the owner of your traffic (poloinex.com) is having problems. I'm gona take a wild guess that you are on a windows computer.

It's true that BTC is not big in Iceland. But the main reason is banking law. They have some strange currency laws that are changing as we speak. That is why I chose Iceland. I wanted to generate local interest with this stunt.
There are actually a lot of tech savvy young people in the capitol and many data farms, including some of the largest bitcoin mines in the world. Reykjavik is a very stylish and hip city with it's own unique fashion and music scene. If they expanded their mining efforts they could also become a major force in mining. 

I'm starting to think there are no bitcoin users in Iceland. I have been trying to give away BTC for almost two months and have had no success. If anyone wants it, it's still available. Just go pick it up or make a deal with someone who can.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1610684

The school I teach at will take bitcoin. It hasn't happened so far, but the owners have some BTC and they see the light. 

I see what you mean, but I don't think the UN could pull it off. Certainly in America (and maybe everywhere) such a mandate would be greeted with outright hostility. I would not even consider obeying such a law and I have no fear whatsoever of repercussions.
So far no one has demonstrated a method that could stop me or anyone from using BTC. There may be people at the UN or elsewhere who would like to see bitcoin just do away, but it ain't gona happen. The war is over and we won.
Perhaps in a place like China, with it's great firewall, could greatly limit BTC. However as long as we have net neutrality we're good.

Neither of those options is tenable in my opinion. Just fund an account at an exchange in your country via a cashiers check and buy at market price. 

How?

I think Slark has the right term here. Advocacy not authority. No entity has any authority over BTC. No one can change the supply, distribution, usage rights. These things are coded into the protocol and could only change with overwhelming community consensus. 

There is absolutely no question that capitol gains taxes apply in the U.S. And here you owe on all income, even illegal income, which BTC is not. Below is an Illinois tax stamp for weed. Fail to get a tax stamp and you can be charged for tax evasion as well as possession.

How is this still going? Check the link below and discover the infinite magic of decimals.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_mark

You will see that 1BTC is infinitely divisible and more than enough to replace all the worlds currencies. If you are still unclear then consider whether 1.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 1 is a big enough number.
If not, I can add more zeros. As many as you like.

I am always confused by the term "recovery" in markets. I know what it is supposed to mean, but I think it is the wrong term. For example we are told we are in an economic recovery since 2008. The term recovery implies that the markets are somehow sick and that prices should be higher. That is nonsense, IMO.

The market is low because that is the price, like it or not. Valuations rise when there is a logical reason and they go down in the same way. We are never going to "recover" nor are we "getting the jobs back". There is no reason for those things to happen, despite what every candidate in every election will tell you.

So is bitcoin recovering? No there may be an increase or decrease, but since bitcoin cannot get sick it will not recover. 

In a few years I would guess that governments around the world will institute careful tracking of transaction on the blockchain and begin collecting all the taxes that should have been paid. Every detail of those transactions is recorded forever on the blockchain and are taxable in most every country. Those who deluded themselves into believing that they can't be taxed are going to be in a sorry state when they are billed for the principal, the penalties, the interest, and face possible jail time.
 

How?

What country do you live in that does not tax bitcoin?

I really don't care about any money other than bitcoin. 

There are so many things that are more important to me. Even if I have a billion dollars I am never going to care about money. Don't get me wrong, I have been with and without it. It helps to have some money, but I would burn it all in exchange of a life of camping out with the people I love.  Fuck money. 

  Sure. What I have seen over the years is a concern that a large bank will try crushing the bitcoin network to avoid competing with it. That makes sense and there are a lot of examples of banks leveraging their power against competition. Generally the argument is based on the banks...

1. Buying a huge amount of BTC then selling them cheap to crash the price.
2. Buying and sending large numbers of coins to a dead address (actual destruction).
3. Taking over the network by starting mega-mines used for a 51% attack.
4. Pressuring lawmakers to make bitcoin illegal.

However only the last option is logical. Buying the coins would cost huge amounts of money and raise the price. If they were then sold at a loss it would be the banks loss and likely would only have a very temporary effect. What would be gained? Buying and "destroying" coins would also cost a fortune and only reduce supply thus raising the value of bitcoin. Dominating mining would be the most expensive technique of all and users could simply ignore the "bank fork". That would leave the bank with hundreds of millions of dollars in worthless hardware and nothing to show except perhaps temporary chaos in the market. 
Pressure to legislate against bitcoin could be a concern. But it would cost a lot and would likely be unsuccessful.  What if people keep using it anyway? What about the overwhelming percentage of people on Earth who are not subject to any one nations laws?  I only see a path to a minor effect if you are willing to incur major losses. Banks act logically and profitably, not vindictively. In fact trying such a stunt could easily lead to a costly lawsuit by bank investors as it could be considered a breach of the banks fiduciary obligation.
Until I see a logical, rational, way by which the banks could take over or destroy the bitcoin network I remain unconcerned.

If you are in the U.S. you may be interested in crowd-funding portals. New laws will now allow "unqualified" investors to invest a portion of their money in businesses via portals. There are many portals and many more coming. You can read about this change here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumpstart_Our_Business_Startups_Act

In the past you had to be qualified to invest. It was an insulting system that had only one qualification, you must be rich. You must have a million dollars or more and must be able to show that you are likely to earn a million in the next year.  So a poor person with a PhD. in economics is UNQUALIFIED, while a rich person with a third grade education and brain damage is automatically QUALIFIED. The implication is that the poor should work for a living and let the rich live off their labor. Ridiculous.
 


Here is an example of a portal that is still opening: http://www.startupvalley.com/

No, I do not get it.
Herbert2020's answer was correct. In fact the bitcoin system would work if there were only 1 coin. 21 million is an arbitrary number and bitcoin can be divided far beyond a Satoshi. Think of the pool of bitcoins as a pie cut into 21million slices. If more guests want pie then you cut ever smaller pieces.
As far as the Tx cost, well that changes with the price of bitcoin. I think I used to pay 0.1BTC to send money. Now that seems like a lot because the price is no longer $.75/coin. As the price went up the fee denominated in BTC has dropped and I'm paying less than 0.00063BTC now. If each Satoshi were worth $1 then you would likely be paying less than 0.000000001BTC

Apple Pay




Bitcoin



Nope it will take 2-30 days (sometimes months) for that transaction to clear. Ask anyone who owns a business. With bitcoin a business can ship with complete confidence in less than an hour. Apple Pay is a digital system tacked onto a centralized cupon system which is tacked onto a paper money system. Bitcoin is a completely revolutionary digital system.

I have never in my life "logged into" a wallet? I only scan when I'm buying from my phone and it takes far less time than a magnetic strip or a chip card. I also rarely need to wait for verification. Purchases under say $20 do not really need verification. When you buy a big mac at Macdonald's they have no idea if the transaction is valid. But they know that orchestrating a fake Tx is more costly than a big mac, so they just risk it.  If I were selling a bass boat then I would wait 10-30 mins. Which I'm ok with.


You are missing all the most important features of bitcoin. I dumped my cards in 2010 and have saved thousands of dollars, and increased the security of my transactions by orders of magnitude. I travel the world with one currency now. I don't pay bank fees or worry about identity theft. There is no way I'll ever go back to shitty fiat systems. Bitcoin is the fastest, most secure and cheapest money system ever developed, and that's a fact.

If you don't believe me then let's have a contest! We'll both buy a gold bar.  Unfortunately, you are going to have to pay a lot to use your fancy watch. Your total is $13,198.58, ouch. I will only pay $12,815.40 because I am using BTC. As mentioned above they could ship to me right away, but you are going to have to wait for the Tx to clear Mastercard/Visa... It could be a while. If anyone gets your credit info then you are going to have a mess on your hands. But I could post my account password and it would not help a thief to steal from me.

Lastly, I like to own my money. You only have permission to use the federal reserves money and then only if it's ok with your watch. 




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