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Government will only deny bitcoin if they do not find a way to tax it properly.

Which they won't, unless it becomes centralized.

Guys, I do not understand this thing and I keep on reading it here over and over again. So many people celebrating the fact that the State cannot tax bitcoins and shouting proudly "They cannot tax it, it's anonymous!!"

.. Let's imagine for a second that all the different currencies disappear and there is only BTC..

If a Government is not able to tax your earnings (which will be in BTC, remember, it's the only currency you have), how is anything going to work? Who's paying for any public service, for your roads, water, trash, schools, etc.?

If by any means anyone want BTC to succeed and become mainstream, it MUST be taxed as any other currency.
Which could be difficult or not, but that's another topic...

If it were to be taxed just like any other currency, then it would be just another currency. It would loose it's purpose entirely.

Ok, still you have not replied to my question! I don't understand the assumption taxes=evil ... For sure there are detestable and often unfair taxes, I agree on this, still I cannot imagine a world where citizens don't agree on giving something for the common good.
The bottom line is, the more mainstream bitcoins become, the more obvious it is that we should pay taxes on them.
And going back to the example I made, in that case it wouldn't be just another currency, it would be the only (or the main) currency.