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> Bitcoin's privacy isn't very powerful so I wouldn't be worried that some government would rule it illegal based on that.

The most populated country in the world had no issue making all cryptocurrencies illegal. If we can't find something useful and non-criminal to do with Bitcoin, I wouldn't exclude the possibility of at least mining being made illegal. Why should we spend so much of our planet's resources for proof-of-work if it's only to fuel crime?



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