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

[doraemon1]

Absolutely yes i will keep using bitcoins as long as i am able to use it,i just need my laptop and an internet connection to use it and i dont need government permissions to use bitcoins and plus point is this they can not even know weather i am using it or not.

[BitcoinRonnie]

I may still use bitcoin, for I only use it to play dice games and such.  I never take nothing out of the system and I never put anything into the system, I only use it to have fun.  I get my bitcoin from faucets, which takes a bit, but it is fun to do and use.

[Victorycoin]

Absolutely yes i will keep using bitcoins as long as i am able to use it,i just need my laptop and an internet connection to use it and i dont need government permissions to use bitcoins and plus point is this they can not even know weather i am using it or not.

I don't know the government of what country that is even interested in declaring bitcoin illegal, because to the best of my understanding, they are equally enthusiastic about this discovery, only they are concerned that its decisions does not pass through their tables or those of their agents, so the myopic ones sees it as a threat, but it is already to late now, bitcoin is  here to stay and the only permission one needs is a pc and an internet connection.

[Golftech]

I may still use bitcoin, for I only use it to play dice games and such.  I never take nothing out of the system and I never put anything into the system, I only use it to have fun.  I get my bitcoin from faucets, which takes a bit, but it is fun to do and use.

i feel you bro, i did that too before keep chasing most of faucets here from the micro earnings then after the hard work i will send my btc to bitsler and try to gamble ended me up losing it all but i got some fun while staying there, but now since i see big potentials of earnings from btc i'm buying and saving everything i think even my government tag it as illegal i will still use it as long as there's exchange that i can use it to trade to my local currency.

[Hallseplex]

I would continue to use it as I see no harm on it , I can understand why having a gun or taking drugs is illegal but having a currency isn't harmful a all . Just because they made a law about it , doesn't mean they are right. Making it illegal won't change anything for me , I can deposit them into my Neteller account and trade them for my local currency as usual and no one will know about it.

I don think this is really irrelevant because i know for sure that the goverment are also doing things that are really bad for this planet and that is becuase we are all
humans and they are doing some bad things some times.

[BeGoods]

If bitcoin is declared as illegal and those who are using it will be labeled criminals then I will stop using bitcoin for sure.  I am covered by my countries law and regulations, it serves as my protection and guidelines as my country's citizen.  I have nothing to do but to obey them else I would need to denounce my citizenship and move to other country where bitcoin is legal.

I think even though your country prohibit the use of bitcoin and it has become the rules and laws that should not be violated in your country, but I think you will never be touched by the government, how the government to prove that you are bitcoin users? while bitcoin is anonymous ? so it's not a matter of using bitcoin dude

[mogrith]

How i would bitcoin would change if it was outlawed. I would not use BTC backed debit card to buy gas or buy new monitor at newegg with BTC.

if this happens I think it would be because of USD hyperinflation.

I would use bitsquare to buy sell BTC and use the BTC as a way of saving wealth. maybe find a way to locally trade gold/silver for BTC. but gold/silver might become illegal also.

[Victorycoin]

Emergence of bitcoin makes international payment easier and cost effective, no other payment system have done it that nice and cheap, lots of barriers have been taken off and there are many more merits of this technology. As can be expected, there are never-do-well, who would rather divert the use for illegal activities, but that's life for us, we all can never for once see the same picture even while looking at the same photo.

[buddu]

I was also still using if it was illegal by my government which isn't the cause in reality. I started using Bitcoin when it was having survival problems and there was a big question mark on its legal status back in 2014 at start. I was sure of what I was using then too so I was anyhow using it for online transfers as it is best available method to perform them.

[2double0]

It is banned at many places but it doesn't mean that people are not using it.
It is dependent on us as how we take it if it is made illegal at our premises, but I am sure we will still use it whether legal or illegal.

[Oralmat]

If bitcoin is declared as illegal and those who are using it will be labeled criminals then I will stop using bitcoin for sure.  I am covered by my countries law and regulations, it serves as my protection and guidelines as my country's citizen.  I have nothing to do but to obey them else I would need to denounce my citizenship and move to other country where bitcoin is legal.

I am riding the same boat with you sir and I totally agree with you. If its illegal then we should stop it otherwise suffer the consequences when caught. But aside from that if it is made illegal then you can no longer convert it to cash in your country and it will be a hard business. But to avoid any issues we should abide the governments rules.

But the question is Why the Government announce that Bitcoin is illegal?
Do you think that Bitcoin is illegal Crypto currency?
Anything bad in it? No way, bitcoin is good for all of us, everyone now using the bitcoin, No one can't found only single person who said that bitcoin is illegal. So how can it possible that our government announce that bitcoin is illegal.
So far as i know our and your government accept the bitcoin or not, but they can't say that bitcoin is illegal.

[noictib]

well it is not a matter to use if our country declare bitcoin as illegal .
because i will never use it , if the government declare it illegal but i will sell my all btc with single use because i will not take risk at all .

[Junko]

It's hard to imagine on what rational basis a government would ban/make illegal the use or ownership of bitcoin., much less what the fair degree of punishment would be. That would be like the government banning and making mathematics illegal.

Anyway, if hypothetically my government made bitcoin illegal and I had a significantly substantial amount, I would move to another country where it was legal. If I wanted to come back to my home country, I would just convert it to fiat I guess.

[DOGE12321]

I would want to continue with my Bitcoin activities. At the moment, I probably would not have used it as I don't own much Bitcoin.

However, if I were to own a good amount of Bitcoin I would probably move to another country and continue using Bitcoin there.

PS: Why would the government even care about Bitcoin in the first place. I mean it isn't doing any harm. Is it is harder for the authorities to tax Bitcoin?

[Tyrantt]

I wouldn't continue using it because I don't want to interfere with the law.

[Digitalbitcoin]

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?

My question is who makes government and who makes bitcoins ?

Answer is PEOPLE.

If government think that bitcoin is not safe or overwhelming then government must have to take action against Bitcoin. But bitcoin is decentralized and no government can fight against it, just because its characteristics. importance and value. Bitcoin is based on decentralized technology.

And which countries still not allow bitcoin it means government of such countries are centralized, very weak and corrupted.
So due to fear and outcomes such government not allowing bitcoins.

This condition may bring trouble for Socialism in particular country.

And I would like to know what reason government going to ban bitcoins.

Rather government must have to consider implementation of blockchain technology for better administration and transparent government.

[delliaerd]

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?

My question is who makes government and who makes bitcoins ?

Answer is PEOPLE.

If government think that bitcoin is not safe or overwhelming then government must have to take action against Bitcoin. But bitcoin is decentralized and no government can fight against it, just because its characteristics. importance and value. Bitcoin is based on decentralized technology.

And which countries still not allow bitcoin it means government of such countries are centralized, very weak and corrupted.
So due to fear and outcomes such government not allowing bitcoins.

This condition may bring trouble for Socialism in particular country.

And I would like to know what reason government going to ban bitcoins.

Rather government must have to consider implementation of blockchain technology for better administration and transparent government.

The government possibly to prohibited the citizens to use bitcoin if the all user of bitcoin use bitcoin for gambling only, because there is some countries said that gambling is illegal activities. My country always effort to block gambling or dice game site.
But the the fact, bitcoin not uses for gambling or dice game only. Not all of transactions and activities using bitcoin is negative, still many bitcoin users that using bitcoin as normal currency online. So I think the government can not prohibited someone using bitcoin.

[Xenophoto]

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?

My question is who makes government and who makes bitcoins ?

Answer is PEOPLE.

If government think that bitcoin is not safe or overwhelming then government must have to take action against Bitcoin. But bitcoin is decentralized and no government can fight against it, just because its characteristics. importance and value. Bitcoin is based on decentralized technology.

And which countries still not allow bitcoin it means government of such countries are centralized, very weak and corrupted.
So due to fear and outcomes such government not allowing bitcoins.

This condition may bring trouble for Socialism in particular country.

And I would like to know what reason government going to ban bitcoins.

Rather government must have to consider implementation of blockchain technology for better administration and transparent government.

With this long block of text, you didn't even answer the question.

And I would like to know what reason government going to ban bitcoins.

You already mentioned the answer to that,

Government think that bitcoin is not safe or overwhelming then government must have to take action against Bitcoin.

And which countries still not allow bitcoin it means government of such countries are centralized, very weak and corrupted.
So due to fear and outcomes such government not allowing bitcoins.

Just a note, I think if a government has successfully made bitcoin illegal and can catch people who violate that law, then the government is actually pretty strong. They can investigate things like that when people can actually hide themselves when using the Internet. I will be amazed seeing a government that powerful.

[neochiny]

NOt sure but I if my government ends up actually having the power/capability to trace anyone using bitcoins, then I would probably end up not using Bitcoin anymore. Especially if for some reason, bitcoin is harming my people/country instead of helping then I would choose to support the country. Though I really can't think of a way bitcoin can harm.
Also, if it really was made illegal, then it's quite dangerous going against my government, Quite deadly in fact. Anyway, I highly doubt it would come to that.

[BitMaxz]

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?

My question is who makes government and who makes bitcoins ?

Answer is PEOPLE.

If government think that bitcoin is not safe or overwhelming then government must have to take action against Bitcoin. But bitcoin is decentralized and no government can fight against it, just because its characteristics. importance and value. Bitcoin is based on decentralized technology.

And which countries still not allow bitcoin it means government of such countries are centralized, very weak and corrupted.
So due to fear and outcomes such government not allowing bitcoins.

This condition may bring trouble for Socialism in particular country.

And I would like to know what reason government going to ban bitcoins.

Rather government must have to consider implementation of blockchain technology for better administration and transparent government.

The government possibly to prohibited the citizens to use bitcoin if the all user of bitcoin use bitcoin for gambling only, because there is some countries said that gambling is illegal activities. My country always effort to block gambling or dice game site.
But the the fact, bitcoin not uses for gambling or dice game only. Not all of transactions and activities using bitcoin is negative, still many bitcoin users that using bitcoin as normal currency online. So I think the government can not prohibited someone using bitcoin.

If bitcoin is just use for gambling activities it can be ban like here in my country since all gambling casino's here are ban and close..
But i think bitcoin is not only use for gambling since more merchants online now are accepting bitcoin as payment and i think its impossible that bitcoin will be ban because of gambling activities from bitcoin..