>>All they have to do is storm enough homes discourage people by making it clear the risk is real, and everyone internalizes the rules. I suspect the scale of

>>All they have to do is storm enough homes discourage people by making it clear the risk is real, and everyone internalizes the rules. I suspect the scale of enforcement needed to discourage widespread usage would be very large, and incur political and economic costs that are prohibitive. That's corroborated by the fact that the USD circulates widely in countries suffering high inflation, despite it being in the best interest of the elite of these countries for people to only use the national currency. >>If cryptocurrency is contraband, it's the worse kind of contraband because it advertises that you use it to the authorities through easily monitored channels (since you have to connect to identifiable internet services to use it). Only if public access to strong encryption is prohibited, and there are economic costs associated with a country doing that.