Re: What would happen to the price of bitcoin if it was declared illegal in the USA?

[ianbakewell]

Gavin and some other developers would probably stop working on the code, as well.

This should not be ignored.
Yes Bitcoin is open source, but having developer interest is huge.
If such an abundance of talented and interested developers existed, we would have them now, in a legal and bullish environment.
Instead it appears to me that pool is rather small.