I have written several times that the EU may end up having much stricter laws regarding Bitcoin than China has - and it would be a bit crazy to compare democracy and human rights in those two political entities, or maybe not? Let someone correct me, but the biggest attacks on Bitcoin in terms of banning mining and monitoring transactions and whatnot in the last two years have come from the EU - which only shows that not everything is as it seems.

Fortunately for all of us who live in the EU, most of the bureaucrats who rule are not appointed because of their competence, but because of their suitability - which means that they are very sloppy in everything they do.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the big pond...