Quote from: Tankdestroyer on February 14, 2018, 10:14:58 PM

Quote from: donalfonso on February 14, 2018, 07:08:12 PM

So I have been wondering what if a Government somewhere in the world wants to legalize bitcoin or any other crypto for that matter. How would it work.

First of all the government will be trying to legalize a means of exchange that it neither controls the demand, supply and creation. It can't even be used as a means of effecting economic change like other currencies can be used by controlling money supply and interest rates.
And if we are equating bitcoin to the possession of assets like gold or diamond. They cant even control bitcoin mining, like they issue licenses to mine gold or diamond
So is bitcoin being a legal tender even possible and how would it work.

If you are looking to know how Bitcoin will look like if it is legalized by a country, just look at it's state at Japan. The government there doesn't give a dam about the demand, supply and creation of Bitcoin. They also don't give a damn on Bitcoin mining. They only regulate it and let their citizens pay their due tax for using btc. You shouldn't also ask how would it work because obviously, it is used also as an alternative payment method.

Thanks for this, your use of the phrase "alternative payment method" makes perfect sense and even explains what other peeps are trying to point out better.