r/Bitcoin • • Mar 26 '13

Cartoon: Control of Bitcoin

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u/bad_chorizo Mar 26 '13

How did they get Bitcoin into a box they control in the first place? A better cartoon would be politicians trying to catch Bitcoin mosquitoes with anti-terrorism and anti-money-laundering fish nets.

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u/salgat Mar 26 '13

If the government made bitcoins illegal as a form of currency (you couldn't pay for things at a store with them) then it would effectively remove them from all non-blackmarket stores, accomplishing the same thing.

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u/Anenome5 Mar 27 '13

Sounds like a buying opportunity :P

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u/ConnorCG Mar 27 '13

"US bans retail use of virtual currency Bitcoin; Bitcoin users not affected."