I am getting rid of my .5btc and trading it for gold tomorrow. It most certainly is the mark of the beast as your SS# will be attached to your address and so will your picture full name address phone number height weight etc etc. It will be the tattoo shown on every music video which is the same image as the new barcode which is the same as BTC bar code. Old barcode is obviously 666. BTC was hijacked by government by shutdown of silkroad making them the largest holders of BTC. Everyone gets rich as BTC rises and dollars crash until one day you are not allowed to access your address until you receive the mark. Simple decision take your 1000s-100000000s you have in your address with this mark or simply don't take it and never access your money. The fact that everyone is attacking the idea and calling it absurd and name calling is only proving it's truth. Changing this to "off topic" when it clearly is directly related to BTC in every way shape and form. As a potential issue regarding faith, it also affects value and trade ability. The OP question even addresses whether or not BTC is against the very thing most people think it stands for which is anonymous currency unregulated by government. If the facts are correct as they are and haven't been refuted only attacked, I am cashing out before the barcode is moved from your computer screen to your hand. Granted it's only .5BTC but considering I paid $70 and didn't even know I had it I'm ok with trading for gold.
We all believe in Elohim. Problem is too many believe that they themselves are Elohim. Others believe in the Elohim they call Nothing. Unfortunately few believe Yahoushua is Elohim.
Atheists have much more faith than I do. Yahoushua has proven his existence to me, spoken to me, written to me, died for me, Loves me, etc etc. Atheists on the other hand have to believe and have faith that nothing is what started everything and somehow simple math is a lie. 0=Infinity (everything came from nothing?) and cannot be proven as nothing cannot be proven. So when atheists talk about nothing while proving nothing they somehow think I am the uneducated one because I believe the truth over the lie of their "god" nothing.
You are getting rid of your BTC? I am not sure if BTC is the mark but I think you are right that our addresses will be controlled at some point. The mark will come because governments cannot control the use of BTC. Once it becomes mainstream they will panic because they will lose control. Governments want control of our money. So some brilliant leader will come up with a way to "unify" the world but require everyone to get marks so they can track all purchases. It seems logical doesn't it? That is when things will get crazy. It isn't popular to be a Christian now in some places. Just think how crazy we will look when we are the only ones on earth that are not willing to take the mark? There may be some people that don't want to just because they are true Libertarians but there will be many people that even call themselves Christians that will make some of us feel stupid for not just giving in and taking it.
All of this said, I don't see why you are in such a hurry to sell your BTC now. I think we will have some warning that governments are about to mandate this sort of thing and BTC will have to be a bit more mainstream.
I am curious how you think the QR codes will be the mark? I think it will be a standard barcode. Mostly because almost all cash registers in the world are set up to scan them already. Maybe they will tattoo a QR code and a barcode?