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>A US senator is asking the federal government to take this remarkable step: completely ban Bitcoin.

Well, not that remarkable. Tons of countries (including the US) have banned alternative currencies in the past (and present).

Essentially, a government can ban whatever it likes, even essential freedoms enjoyed by everybdy for millenia (like drinking alcohol during the prohibition).




> Tons of countries (including the US) have banned alternative currencies in the past (and present).

In the US, its worth noting, this is an express (in Article I of the Constitution) power of the Federal government.




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