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by adventured 3098 days ago
That's a poor example, as it has in fact been the case that gold has been legal throughout the extreme majority of US history, including critically for the entire post gold standard era. Gold was partially illegal for only ~16% of US history, which fits very well with the term "unlikely."
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> far more unlikely

> Empirically

Bitcoin has been legal for 100% of US history.