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Do you mean the bitcoin community,uniting to combat corruption in the Netherlands?
Exposing corrupt officials and challenging anti constitutional laws??

Is that really the duty of the bitcoin world,i honestly do not think so,we do not have enough powers nor facts to act as whistle blowers
Bitcoin is fairly accepted in the Netherlands,under no ban, but under regulations just like in the USA

Not just in the Netherlands, but the Netherlands that was once considered crypo friendly is a poignant example. Bitcoin is popular in the Netherlands, it would be much more popular if a business that accepts it were able to keep a bank account. The few that do accept it, were grandfathered in or hide it from there bank. Only a tiny "Bitcoin accepted here" on the shop window, no online advertisements whatsoever.

The BTC community will have to stop being apathetic to others in the market. If you want BTC to be legitimized, we will have to combat suppression. The best way to do that is to form associations that represent our common interests.

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This topic clearly looks more politics than bitcoin related in my honest opinion,and I really feel it'll be better suited and profitable in politics and society section.

I disagree, this is an informative post about existential threats to BTC, this is the most appropriate forum. This is not a political debate thread, unless some disagree that BTC should be treated with legitimacy.

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This would be also true if Bitcoin were to be treated as a foreign currency, for example. To some extend banks can choose which currency they deal with and with which payment system they integrate. Obviously they have to accept the legal tender of their respective countries and follow standards such as SEPA. However nothing would make it obligatory for banks to deal in Bitcoin, even if it were globally legally recognized as a currency. Just like European banks don't have to deal in USD and US banks don't have to deal in EUR.

It's true that we cannot force banks to use BTC, nor should we try. But banks are excluding any company that deals in or accepts cryptocurrency. Since BTC is being classified as an asset instead of a currency or payment system, banks cannot be challenged for suppressing competition. It's access to financial services for companies that deal in and advance crypto that's at stake.

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I'm sorry to hear if that's the case in the Netherlands. It definitely isn't the case for every European country. Germany and Austria for example has many companies dealing in crypto, partially well connected to the classical Banking system (eg. the publicy traded Bitcoin Group in Germany), partially well connected to other established infrastructure from the old guard (eg. BitPanda cooperating with the Austrian postal service). Ledger in France and SatoshiLabs in the Czech Republic seem to be flourishing, but to be fair they don't have to deal with finance directly.

Worrying developments in the Netherlands regardless and hopefully not the shape of things to come.

On the contrary, they allow a few well established players to continue with often exclusive deals with certain banks. This make our market less competitive and stifles real growth. It's small business that is being denied, we can't afford the legal teams some of the big players have.

Like I said, we're like the canary in the coal mine, the level of suppression hasn't hurt the big players, it's killing the small ones though.

Thank you both for your comments, I hope we can get more in the community interested in standing up for their rights.

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