[tekproxy]

Yes, the United States government could follow in the steps of great countries like Venezuela and north Korea.

No better way to validate it's usefulness than to ban it when you feel the pressure of competition.

[api]

At 5-10tps conventional bitcoin can never compete with USD. There are other reasons too.

But I think your argument is fundamentally incorrect. We had plenty of wars with gold backed currencies and we'd still have war if cryptocurrencies took over.