I thought Bitcoin couldn't be banned

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In practice, you can only ban yourself from using Bitcoin.

I assure you she understands it better than either of us. China “banned” Bitcoin. But did it keep people from using it that still wanted to…No.

You are either extremely naive, or wantonly obtuse. Governments can ban the possession/use of firearms, but you can ignore that or not. It doesn’t affect you if you self-custody firearms (or print them). In changes what you are in the eyes of the law though. Many people will decide it isn’t worth going to jail over such things

Firearms are tangible.

Your point? That only strengthens what I was saying

Who said that? It can be banned, but the ban is costly to enforce and thus just drives it into the black market. And so any bitcoin user would much prefer to live in a jurisdiction that is not authoritarian enough to ban the use of a decentralized spreadsheet.

Well governments can ban it, and lots already have. But they can’t literally stop people holding or using it. The question is whether there is a difference. If there’s jail time for someone saying they’re using it then things have to get pretty dystopian before people will take that risk