> governments were not actively trying to regulate or outlaw NoSQL ... perhaps they should have ... > so NoSQL did manage to win eventually. post hoc ergo pr

> governments were not actively trying to regulate or outlaw NoSQL ... perhaps they should have ... > so NoSQL did manage to win eventually. post hoc ergo propter hoc I've always been of the belief that the best thing that could happen to a given cryptocurrency is for it to be prohibited by major governments - it would drive it underground, sure, and kill institutional investment... but it would also spur innovation in the areas that are required to make it a truly revolutionary technology.