Quote from: m2017 on Today at 05:10:17 AM

Quote from: d5000 on April 17, 2025, 11:53:35 PM

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True, an interesting observation.

If governments voice the rhetoric that they are doing everything for the benefit of the people and democracy, the ban on bitcoin is a direct contradiction to these statements. Democrats should first of all advocate for the “freedom to use bitcoin”, but as you can see, this is not happening.

But I have no doubts that most developed countries will not allow the confidential use of bitcoin, and some will even ban any use.

It is also extremely naive to expect that authoritarian governments will worry about the opposition being deprived of funding due to the ban on bitcoin. Such governments use such bans to weary competitors who are laying claim to their power. This is to their advantage and they will not refuse such an opportunity.

Aren't all the guys in the offices thinking more about their own abilities and how they can work toward centralizing everything they touch?

It's obvious that they would work for their reserves of BTC and so on, but to develop ways for the common folk to properly use BTC accordingly, no.