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Re:94k Bitcoin (1B USD) transferred from unknown wallet to u... by solotronics on Monday September 09, 2019 @10:21PM (#20924567)
Enforcing illegal torrents failed. I think a cryptocurrency ban would be similar. Also, the US made it illegal to hold gold between 1933 and 1974 but almost nobody turned in gold to the feds. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102
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Re:94k Bitcoin (1B USD) transferred from unknown wallet to u... by cortesoft on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @01:04AM (#20925179)
They enforce it when you buy something real with the coins. A torrent is the thing you want, it isn't a currency to buy the thing you want.
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Re:94k Bitcoin (1B USD) transferred from unknown wallet to u... by Erlich_Bachman on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @06:09AM (#20926636)
Both are essentially electronic systems of information on a computing system, a format and a protocol of communication through the internet. In terms of technical difficulty to enforce them it would be very similar.
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