I see more and more acrticles of bitcoin being used for illegal activities
will this hurt bitcoin in the long run , will governments ban this just like they started to do wih paying in cash for some services
to harden the use of illegal , and money laundering
Every medium of exchange like fiat money or gold also being used for illegal activities. However, bitcoin has many advantages such as fast transaction everywhere in the world and anonymous makes bitcoin just right to use for those illegal activities, just like silk road anonymous black market for drugs and other illicit goods, that's why every state has tight regulation about bitcoin and some of founder of exchanges ever caught and go into jail because indictment of money laundering.