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Re:Bitcoin exchange rate reached $100 USD per BTC by cadetzero on Monday April 01, 2013 @11:21AM (#5473576)
US government declares it an illegal currency, and if you accept bitcoins at your business you will be investigated. Game over.
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Re:Bitcoin exchange rate reached $100 USD per BTC by tomsthumb on Monday April 01, 2013 @11:34AM (#5473682)
Some numbers are illegal, but that's because they have particular uses (Crypto etc). How in the world would the US be able to declare possession and exchange of data illegal?
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Re:Bitcoin exchange rate reached $100 USD per BTC by omni on Monday April 01, 2013 @12:14PM (#5473957)
Child pornography stored on a computer is data. The possession and exchange of child pornography is illegal.
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Re:Bitcoin exchange rate reached $100 USD per BTC by MacsHeadroom on Monday April 01, 2013 @11:49AM (#5473776)
They would have to define it to ban it. Bitcoin would just evolve to no longer fit the ban. There are already dozens of other cryptocurrencies brooding- just waiting for a scenario where Bitcoin is pushed out to make more room for them.

A ban on bitcoin will work about as well as a ban on piracy.

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Re:Bitcoin exchange rate reached $100 USD per BTC by specto on Monday April 01, 2013 @12:08PM (#5473905)
Not really, since the success of bitcoin still relies on conversion to another currency.
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Re:Bitcoin exchange rate reached $100 USD per BTC by knowaveragejoe on Monday April 01, 2013 @12:41PM (#5474165)
Additionally, the same applies to those other digital currencies as well.
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