At this point, I don't think the government will do anything drastically about Bitcoin. Not when institutions are rallying to buy it and billionaires are supporting it. You see... politicans do not rule the world. They are merely puppets. The billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya said it: "there are about 150 people who run the world – [they’re not politicians] anybody who wants to go into politics, they’re all f**king puppets.There are 150, and they’re all men, who run the world. They control most of the important assets and the money flows – they are not the tech entrepreneurs."
Yes, that is a fact. I believe that the government cannot ban or unfairly regulate what it is generating revenue from. But, i feel that a government would do anything to tackle a system that makes it impossible to generate funds, such as the barter trading. In fact, the problem with the batter system is higher than this...