Uganda's internet Shutdown

Re:Uganda's internet Shutdown by gruez on Friday January 15, 2021 @03:58PM (#25796369)

>So the US, Europe and others could agree to ban it at the same time.

Ah yes, like how the US and Europe agreed to ban drugs? How's that working for them?

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Re:Uganda's internet Shutdown by rank0 on Friday January 15, 2021 @11:12PM (#25799959)

That's not the same at all. Drugs have an inherent "value" or reason why people demand them. People love getting high. Drugs are addictive.

Bitcoin demand is driven mostly by speculative investors.

Maybe governments can't completely kill bitcoin, but they could certainly drive it back to fringe enthusiasts and criminal activity if they wanted.

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Re:Uganda's internet Shutdown by Reedx on Friday January 15, 2021 @04:14PM (#25796596)

Terribly. But that's a good example of countries agreeing to ban something.

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