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It would be absolutely impossible to 100% ban mining. They could seize assets of miners big enough to need specialised energy deals, which would get rid of 90%
by andy81 4y ago
It would be absolutely impossible to 100% ban mining.
They could seize assets of miners big enough to need specialised energy deals, which would get rid of 90% of mining in the USA.
They could crack down on exchanges banking in USD, which would get rid of 90% of mining worldwide.
Stopping a single person running an algorithm on a single ASIC in a home environment is the impossible tail-end. I don't know if they even care about those, I'm not too worried about them.