We shouldn't even be talking to the government... This is none of their business and it should stay that way.
Did you just say, "money isn't the governments business?"
No, I said bitcoin is not the governments business.. And it clearly isn't.
So who's going to regulate? The US? Well guess what, the rest of the world doesn't give a shit what the US says.
You obviously don't understand what jurisdiction means. US will regulate Bitcoin within its borders & as it interfaces with US, no different from, say, kiddie pr0nz. It also may put pressure on other governments to regulate Bitcoin within their borders. Why did i choose a hot button like child pr0nz? Because like Bitcoin, its consumption seems impossible to regulate -- it's just a bunch of blips & bloops in da tubez, or data stored on pedo's hard drives. And yet the party van arrives.
Besides, according to FINCEN...... Well nevermind they are just a bunch of overbearing dictators that have no respect for the constitution, privacy, or any civil rights rights for that matter.
Government attempts to regulate our bitcoins should be met with fierce opposition, and no negotiations.
If interwebz bravura is what you're talking about, then sure. IRL? I doubt it. If being stripped down to your undies & felt up at the airport when you forget a few coins in your pocket didn't meet with "fierce opposition," i doubt anything will.