Let's assume for a second here a government let's say the US would want to stop bitcoin.
What makes you think Bitcoin doesn't die a horrible death as soon as the heads and mouths of bitcoin get invited to a free vacation in Guantanamo for supporting terrorists? Think Ver, Versennes, Andresen, Karpeles, etc. etc. You think Bitcoin keeps going on when the movers and shakers are removed? "But but others will take their place!" Yes, they will. On the waterboard.
LOL great post.
I disagree with the quality of that post. This "USA-centric" thinking is annoying. The US is already a gulag state; pick any socio-economic measure that exists and the US won't be anywhere near the top of global rankings. So what's so great about the USA again? It's living off a legacy of past excellence while it unravels its past wisdom. Not likely in the remotest, but yeah - they might water-board every bitcoin owner in the US and some outside, but really. Believe me. There is a world beyond Uncle Sam's borders which is getting bigger and better every day.
Small and well publicised setbacks aside, the positive progress in the world gets no press time and is bigger than most suspect. So don't believe your nightly news 'cause it's not representative of reality. ;-)