If Bitcoin was made illegal by your government would you still use it?

[hubballi]

I think the answer will NO for most of them as , if it is declared Illegal by government and even then if we use Bitcoin then it will become like doing Illegal work like smuggling. So i will not use it and even i am not keeping anything in Bitcoin as i convert everything to my fiat currency.

[Mr.grin]

Well, if bitcoin became illegal in my country because my government issued a policy that bitcoin is something illegal, I will still use it. Well, today bitcoin has become my income, and it has so much influence in my life. if the government banned the use bitcoin, I will still use it, but I will use it to supplement my income, not for illegal transactions

[madwica]

I will stop using it since it is illegal, doing illegal things is not good in the eyes of God, and i want to work hard to achieved my goal and i do not like to achieved my goal because of the illegal things.

[gentlemand]

I will stop using it since it is illegal, doing illegal things is not good in the eyes of God

So politicians and regulators are the will of God on this Earth? Are you absolutely certain of this? I can think of at least one or two, maybe even more, who have a small problem with morals.

[Snorek]

I will stop using it since it is illegal, doing illegal things is not good in the eyes of God, and i want to work hard to achieved my goal and i do not like to achieved my goal because of the illegal things.

Stop mixing God in our problems. Do you honestly think hat everyone banned by government is wrong? And the government is always right?

Human history of fatal judgement and bad decisions made by people in charge. Hate towards bitcoin is only a sign that some people are slaves of the old, flawed economic system.

[isen]

If Bitcoin was made illegal by your government and the punishment was very bad, would you still use it, would you still openly support it?

A bunch of corrupted politicians will vote a law against cryptocurrencies and I am supposed to obey it?Of course no,if this ever happens I will have one more reason to keep using Bitcoin and support it even more,as long as I am not harming anyone it is my right to use any currency I want and a stupid law is not enough to make me stop.

I will stop using it since it is illegal, doing illegal things is not good in the eyes of God

Sorry but are you trolling?I respect your faith but even if we accept that god exists he has absolutely nothing to do with this

[chixka000]

Whether bitcoin is illegal or not i would surely support this one still because this is probably the reason why do i am getting some sort of amounts weekly by now that really helps me to satisfy my needs.

[traderethereum]

i am not sure but i think i still use bitcoin for trading and make withdraw into fiat, and i don't know if my government will make this decision because there are many benefit that bitcoin can offer to us.

[lovely sitha]

very honestly i will like to continue using bitcoin because now i cannot live without bitcoin.

[tabas]

Even the law here in my country is tough enough and they are implementing the punishment greatly. I would still going to keep on supporting and use bitcoins, because I am not related to any illegal activity and I can prove that in court whenever the government is going to accuse me for using bitcoins. Because having it doesn't mean you are an illegal activity doer.

[socks435]

Almost members here will choose to stay still use bitcoin since they can not know if you are still using it or not..there is many alternative that we can withdraw bitcoin like westerunnion that we can use from perfect money once we convert our bitcoin in perfect money many alternative we can do there .
To withdraw our money..

[Milkduds]

The idea of bitcoin becoming illegal is only going to drive short term thinkers out of the market. Presume it is illegal now and act accordingly and you will have your eggs in a row when the day comes for the axe. Makes no sense to me to worry about this potential when we should be working it like it is already illegal.
Times change and what was acceptable is now the virus the world wants to stamp out,the reason few think this way is age and not knowing how history works.

[ekoice]

Till now, it was not declared as illegal by our indian government. Even if  it was made illegal, i would still use bitcoins as i see no harm in it. US government itself tried its level best to ban, but couldnot.I dont want to loose the benefits of bitcoins.

[mogrith]

Lots of variables here. But Bitcoin can change also. I use an altcoin called NAV that can sync/stake over tor. This could be added to BTC if needed. Would use a non USA exchange to buy and get a non USA Debit card to use it for spending.

Depends on how extreme they get on enforcement. Would having posted here and used a foreign bank issued card that is known to allow BTC be enough to  have to fight a criminal court case? I might just move to gold/silver but that would be IMHO be made illegal if BTC is outlawed.

[royalfestus]

If Bitcoin was made illegal by your government and the punishment was very bad, would you still use it, would you still openly support it?

It is difficult to say yes. If u say yes then u are turning yourself to a criminal. I rather pray it doesnt happen

[calkob]

fuck the government......... 

[Xester]

I am not sure if I will continue to use it but I still want to.  It is the only way I could earn more income through bitcoin.  So if our government will ban it or will tag it as illegal, then it would be hard for me to break that law.  And if it would be illegal then it is hard also to convert the bitcoin I earned to fiat currency.  But I do not think that the government will ban it because it is absolutely legal here in our country.

[Snorek]

I am not sure if I will continue to use it but I still want to.  It is the only way I could earn more income through bitcoin.  So if our government will ban it or will tag it as illegal, then it would be hard for me to break that law.  And if it would be illegal then it is hard also to convert the bitcoin I earned to fiat currency.  But I do not think that the government will ban it because it is absolutely legal here in our country.

Alcohol was absolutely legal in the US prior prohibition in the 1920s too. What I am saying is - laws can be changed. In fact they are being changed all the time.

Bitcoin is still pretty insignificant phenomena so big economy world treat Bitcoin more like a flavor of the month asset than real deal. But if bitcoin will grow bigger laws can be changed too.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

Have to vote "not sure" on this one.  I love bitcoin, but I think if the IRS or some other alphabet agency were to hunt down bitcoin users, I'd probably have to pass.  There are just too many other investment opportunities out there that ARE legal.  Why bother with the risk of getting fined or going to jail or whatever?  It really just wouldn't be worth it to me.  But it would depend on what the penalty is.  And while this is a good question, I truly don't think bitcoin is going to be criminalized anytime soon by the US gov't (which is where I am). 

Stranger, more horrible things have happened, though.

[lanslans]

of course i will still use it. maybe use vpn in site btc was blocked.
but in my country there are no regulations governing of bitcoin. so bitcoin will never made illegal in here.