method 4
step 1: criminalize cryptocurrencies
step 1: criminalize cryptocurrencies
This would not stop bitcoin. When has criminalizing ever stopped anything?
The best move for the government would be to get government agents working on the bitcoin protocol and sabotage it from the inside out
Right, and this is why 1) Dev's should come from everywhere in the world, not just the US (which is luckily already the case) and 2) code review.