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Re:France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra by an_ko on Saturday September 14, 2019 @03:12PM (#20973037)
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are usually by design not controlled by anyone but the users participating in mining and trading it. Banning that is like banning people from trading in carrots; you can't.

It's very different when there's a company with its own financial interests manning the door, regardless of what company that is.

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Re:France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra by rightbyte on Saturday September 14, 2019 @03:19PM (#20973092)
Yes you can ban trading in carrots. Especially in Germany where the law is ... enforced.

A ban make most things commercially unviable. If botcoin had widespread use a ban would make it an underground payment system.

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Re:France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra by ClumsyPilot on Saturday September 14, 2019 @09:36PM (#20975025)
I think his overall point stands: going after facebook is more sensible than chasing individual bitcoiners.
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Re:France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra by gretch on Saturday September 14, 2019 @03:34PM (#20973186)
Physically ppl ban guns and drugs.

Digital services ppl ban child porn and gambling.

Sucks you are downvoted because you are right

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