Quote from: Blackforce on August 08, 2018, 07:54:55 AM

We still remember in 2016 or even 2017, when people gave a middle finger to regulation and institutions. Now everyone is begging and waiting for government approval. What a move huh?

We understand how much community perceives the importance of ETFs in Crypto but allow us to enlighten you, WE DONT NEED THEM, INSTEAD, THEY NEED US. But, apparently, we are getting influenced by the same thing we swore to decimate in the first place.

What are you talking about, I don't remember any big opposition to regulations in those years, actually things like ETF's and futures weren't discussed as much as they are now, in those days the hot topics were Ethereum, bullish speculation, scaling debate. Bitcoin gradually stopped being cypherpunk-only movement somewhere in 2012, it shouldn't be surprising that many people are open to regulations.

I think that regulations are not bad, because it's better than having Bitcoin banned, which would result in so many obstacles and risks for users. If Bitcoin will get regulated, cryptoanarchists would still be able to use it on unregulated markets, because the protocol will no be affected by those regulations. In this sense Bitcoin is very similar to cash.