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Re:Kazakhstan to restrict crypto miners amid power shortages by rfd4sgmk8u on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @03:52PM (#29099469)
As someone who has been in this space a long time, I assure you I am idealistic in my positions. Hopelessly idealistic.

What does Ban even mean? That it is illegal to run in places like the US? Very unlikely, and as more institutional money flows into it, it grows more unlikely. Some places are starting to put 401k/pension funds into it. Some places are raising it as legal tender. There is also that 1st amendment thing.

So will it banned like drinking straws? (which are still available) Or banned like drugs? (which are still available).

I feel you WANT it to be banned because it tickles your authoritarian tendencies. I am glad we live in a world, at least today, where your wishes are ignored.

Re:Kazakhstan to restrict crypto miners amid power shortages by oblio on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @05:08PM (#29100285)
This discussion is worth revisiting in 10 years :-)
Re:Kazakhstan to restrict crypto miners amid power shortages by crummy on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @06:48PM (#29101481)
How is the first amendment relevant here?
Re:Kazakhstan to restrict crypto miners amid power shortages by rfd4sgmk8u on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @07:05PM (#29101663)
The early cryptography wars were fought over code as speech.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/04/remembering-case-estab...

There is an argument to be made that running software that speaks a protocol is an extension of speech.

The mental position that wants to ban cryptocurrency is the same one that that wanted to ban/suppress cryptography in the 90s.