I'm in the UK, and our current government is intent on sucking money out of any savings or assets that we own. They are starting to impose Draconian measures to control any financial transactions or holdings. I believe that this could lead to an increase in the use of P2P transactions that are kept away from exchanges and government control. Do you believe that this will lead to an increase in transactions between members of fora such as Bitcoin Talk, or will such transactions be a rich grazing ground for government investigations?
I do not live in the UK and neither have I ever being there, so I don't know how life is over there but one thing I know is that there was a time when bitcoin and other crypto currency transactions were banned in my country as well by the government, we the citizens who are already into crypto refused to adhere to the ban, we secretly continued to practice our crypto trading and so on, means of buying and selling of bitcoin from locals have always been through p2p..
So over there in the UK, if the government won't allow you guys transact in bitcoin peaceful, local p2p is the best option and alternative to go for, and speaking of possible investigations from the government, there are always measures avaliable to outsmart them and such we can discuss when ever it becomes very important for us to do so.