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by sova 3193 days ago
It is! unless you are China and you still want to make money while making sure the company line is toted by all.

China is able to track their populous really well, or at least have their population believing so, and thus anything that adds pseudo-anonymity kinda ruins their mission. In the future it is probable that all countries will have their own cryptocurrency, backed by some sort of tangible asset like Au (gold) or Ag (silver). What strikes me as very important for the US is establishment of a national cryptocurrency. It can be anonymous (everyday cash is essentially anonymous), but the consensus on how to regulate one is very much a process of education (elder generation finance people don't really get bitcoin yet). So once regulatory measures can be taken to ensure there's no theft etc, then it'll be easy. China's thinking on the matter is that if it cannot be regulated, shut it down and make a version that can be.