> governments are going to act forcefully to kill Bitcoin, and the fallout will be utterly unpredictable. I don't think so. I think it's quite predictable that

> governments are going to act forcefully to kill Bitcoin, and the fallout will be utterly unpredictable. I don't think so. I think it's quite predictable that, if that happens, Bitcoin will lose. In the sense that it will ultimately become a cryptocurrency also-ran. Something else will probably rise to take its place after it's been bloodied, something designed to be resistant to whatever response the world's governments bring to bear.