[darawk]

> I am really surprised that people seem to think that the less-centralized nature of bitcoin makes it that much more resistant to government interference

Why? Decentralized systems are sort of the standard way of defeating centralized governments. See: Tor, Guerilla warfare, Lone wolf terrorism, etc..

[Nursie]

BTCis centralised in various ways. It's likely that one actor (Bitmain) could muster 51% hash power relatively easily. There are relatively few on-off ramps for the ecosystem.

These two facts alone point to possibilities for interference at a large scale.