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Re:Bitcoin.org removes “fast” and “low fees” from Bitcoin de... by skymt on Monday January 22, 2018 @11:05AM (#16205397)
Step 1: eliminate centralized services. This would only make Bitcoin stronger if it's already a functioning economy that doesn't depend on connections to the existing financial system. If you can't buy and sell Bitcoin with traditional currency, it becomes far less practical.

Step 2: make use of Bitcoin illegal. You know, "ban" it. It's a plaintext P2P protocol, not exactly magic. If you control the network, you can identify Bitcoin nodes and charge their owners, exactly how law enforcement can enforce laws against other illicit P2P traffic. This would drive any remaining die-hard users to services like Tor.

Step 3: if Bitcoin is somehow still popular enough to be considered a problem, block Tor.

Re:Bitcoin.org removes “fast” and “low fees” from Bitcoin de... by theseatoms on Monday January 22, 2018 @11:28AM (#16205589)
Helpful. Thanks.
Re:Bitcoin.org removes “fast” and “low fees” from Bitcoin de... by hndamien on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @12:08AM (#16211182)
In this scenario where your Government is doing this do you leave? Subvert? Comply? If your answer is comply, congratulations for your obedience.
Re:Bitcoin.org removes “fast” and “low fees” from Bitcoin de... by hndamien on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @06:55PM (#16219076)
Would love to understand the rationale for the down voting here. It would seem to be that the suggesting of disobedience to Government is immediately wrong.

“One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.