Quote from: SueGiant on March 19, 2015, 01:35:45 PM

Quote from: Beatkoyn on March 13, 2015, 06:56:37 AM

Is Regulation The End For Bitcoin?

http://bitforum.info/t/is-regulation-the-end-for-bitcoin/396

Maybe bitcoiners doesnt say this out loud but majority of us question ourselves, if Bitcoin will be regulated. Would it be the end?

I mean, if there is a central entity that regulates Bitcoin, do you think that they're regulation would be 'limited' or will they violate a bitcoiners privacy for the sake of 'regulation'?

In the article, it reads the advantages of regulation.

Can you give out negative effects if Bitcoin is regulated?

Read some of the replies, 80% cons 20% pros.

The OP has presented a malformed question and a false dichotomy. Bitcoin was regulated by the protocol and incentive structure itself when it was invented and now is regulated by many governments to one degree or another.

There is no pro - or con because there is a spectrum of how one defines regulation and to what degree people want bitcoin regulated. Bitcoin will persist with or without government regulation because it is a very popular open source project.