[benrbray]

I don't really want to see politicians giving bitcoin holders too much weight when making decisions about how the economy should function.

Anyone who owns Bitcoin is gambling. There was never a guarantee that value would go up, or that the government squash the idea entirely.

If we as a society decide that Bitcoin is too dangerous, current holders should accept Bitcoin for what it was: a bad investment.

[anonisko]

There are more people who already own some bitcoin than you'd probably want to believe. Many of them believe bitcoin is on balance a good thing.

There are at least a couple of bitcoiners currently in Congress, including the new Senator of Wyoming who is publicly all aboard the idea that bitcoin is an important, long term store of value that the US needs to jump on board with.

How many politicians do you think already hold some bitcoin quietly, just in case?

[caycep]

Is there way to mandate energy limits or possibly compute limits on hardware/software in the US? But that may also be a slippery slope...