They have the ability evidently to make it extremely difficult for you to buy it, earn it or custody it as a US citizen while having no power over the asset or its functions. Wherever in the world you decide to live, you are accountable to the US government as a citizen. Other countries will offer citizenship for Bitcoin and create incentives to welcome you if the US doesn't, then you can take your 12 words with you. Unless the US fully recognizes it to live alongside the USD instead of fighting it
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