Quote from: Bitcoin0916 on January 18, 2017, 12:47:02 AM

Quote from: charmingfreddie on January 17, 2017, 08:01:45 PM

Then everybody will wonder why and want to use them. The ban would not work anyway and it will make the government look really bad. There is a country in South America that has banned it but I dont remember which onw.

It looks like the ban can never reduce the use of bitcoin, until now there has not been countries that approved the bitcoin, but users continue to grow each year. Just like drugs, many countries that prohibit, even in my country, drug seller can be sentenced to death, but the drug circulation persists, and drug prices continue to rise. I am sure there is no problem with banning bitcoin.

I agree. Prohibiting bitcoin use won't stop bitcoin circulation and use even among citizens in a country that banned bitcoin. It'll just continue to spread. I know Russia has banned it but many Russians still have access to it and use it. It was also banned in China, but among bank employees and not among common citizens. Bangladesh has also banned it, though I'm not sure if Bangladeshi would dare engage in bitcoin when in their own country as getting caught doing so will result in a 12-year imprisonment.