If tomorrow it is declared illegal, then you stop. Up until that point you were doing nothing illegal.
Really?
FBI quote.
Article I, section 8, clause 5 of the United States Constitution delegates to Congress the power to coin money and to regulate the value thereof. This power was delegated to Congress in order to establish and preserve a uniform standard of value and to insure a singular monetary system for all purchases and debts in the United States, public and private. Along with the power to coin money, Congress has the concurrent power to restrain the circulation of money which is not issued under its own authority in order to protect and preserve the constitutional currency for the benefit of all citizens of the nation. It is a violation of federal law for individuals, such as von NotHaus, or organizations, such as NORFED, to create private coin or currency systems to compete with the official coinage and currency of the United States.
“Attempts to undermine the legitimate currency of this country are simply a unique form of domestic terrorism,” U.S. Attorney Tompkins said in announcing the verdict. “While these forms of anti-government activities do not involve violence, they are every bit as insidious and represent a clear and present danger to the economic stability of this country,” she added. “We are determined to meet these threats through infiltration, disruption, and dismantling of organizations which seek to challenge the legitimacy of our democratic form of government.”
You can't even compare that to bitcoin
was found guilty by a jury in Statesville, North Carolina, of making coins resembling and similar to United States coins; of issuing, passing, selling, and possessing Liberty Dollar coins; of issuing and passing Liberty Dollar coins intended for use as current money;
He was minting his own money, yes, but he was making coins that resembled us currency. You are an idiot to try and compare the two. Please tell me how bitcoin resembles any us currency available today?
They didn't resemble US currency in any meaningful way.
The jury was simply wrong and the resulting injustice will ultimately be rectified.
That case is not settled law anyway, it has yet to be concluded, and hasn't gone to appeal yet either.
The FBI didn't prove their case, there was never any intent to counterfeit (intent is a necessary element of the crime).
If you ever listened to von Nothaus, just about every statement he ever made about them was to distinguish them from US currency and say how they were different (and as he'd aver, better).