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RE: What I Would Do If the British Government Banned Bitcoin...

in #cryptocurrency • 7 years ago

One good thing about America is they can't ban it here. Software has been deemed speech as code is a form of language. Free Speech!!

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     7 years ago 

    Wow really? Never heard that before. That's awesome!

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       7 years ago 

      There was a court hearing in the 90's when a programmer released his version of a program to encrypt files and the government was worried about their military files being unencrypted. They wanted to ban his program. He took them to court arguing that software is language protected by free speech. The courts agreed.

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      Yup, and then he got a tax audit.

      The next time he wrote a program, he didn’t put his name on it.

      Today he is richer than Bill Gates, and he’s known to you and I as Satoshi Nakamoto.

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       7 years ago 

      That would be pimp if it were true.

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         7 years ago 

        Might make a video about that in the future :)

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         7 years ago 

        Cheers! Really appreciate it

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           7 years ago 

          You don't know the name of that case by chance do you? If not, no worries. I'll try Google.

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