Bitcoin is still very illegal in many countries and to many governments, but in many of these countries, what is surprising is that you will still find investors in bitcoins who are going against the government and secretly buying and investing in bitcoins. An example of some of these people are members in this forum, so I am want to ask a personal question, do you think of yourself as a bad citizen for disobeying the government? Do you agree that you are a violator for breaking the law? Now see things from a religious side as well, by disobeying the government and investing in bitcoins, are you committing the sin of direct disobedience?
From my understanding they (the government) didn't ban me from investing in Bitcoin. They banned its use in those countries but the people investing in Bitcoin aren't using it in the country so they're not violating any rules. Also how do you ban what you can't control and that's where the government are making a mistake. Lets look at it from a religious perspective as well. God gave command of not eating the forbidden fruit but he also gave the first Humans on earth the power of choice which is to choose between eating the fruit or not eating it.
The government are there to guide her citizens but it's left for the citizens to adhere to the authority of the government or not. Investing in Bitcoin isn't causing any harm to the next citizen so I don't see a problem with investing in it even though my leaders put a ban on it. It's left for me to face the consequences of the ban which is a punishment made by the government of the country that I'm residing but I still don't see an issue with investing in Bitcoin. Using it in the country is another story all together because then I'll be violating the laws but nobody can tell me what to invest into or not , that's my decision to make.
Bitcoin violators aren't breaking any rules and if there's any rules preventing people individually from investing in Bitcoin then that's a stupid law and shouldn't be obeyed. How can someone prevent you from chasing after your financial freedom? Do they want you to be depending on them forever, I guess yes so they can keep controlling us, that's what the governments wants.