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I am fairly sure there would be constitutional issues with banning it. After all its just some characters/a string. We went through a lot of this with the crypt

I am fairly sure there would be constitutional issues with banning it. After all its just some characters/a string. We went through a lot of this with the cryptography wars in the 90s

Spivak 5y ago
Something something color of your bits. And even if you somehow managed to convince someone that a digital asset was speech you still have to contend that commercial speech isn't as protected.
AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
The law is not a computer system. Illegal numbers[0] are a thing. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number
oconnore 5y ago
Bitcoin clearly qualifies as "interstate commerce".
oneoff786 5y ago
Even if that were true, the government need only block the exchanges which are a financial service.