Why do people keep on thinking that the government can ban bitcoin? To ban bitcoin, they will have have to ban the central authority in their country. But bitcoin is decentralized and has no central authority. To ban bitcoin, the government will have to "ban everyone" that is helping the bitcoin network stay active which is impossible. If it was possible, wouldn't the government all around the world already put a ban on p2p torrenting? Secondly, the government can't suddenly tell its people to stop using bitcoin and abandon everything they have.