[davidgerard]

this is quite unlikely though. For comparison, during the Bitcoin vs Bitcoin Cash wars in late 2017, the main BTC block time went up to an hour - and pretty much nobody noticed, because all the excitement of the crypto bubble was happening on the exchanges, not on chain.

[austhrow743]

If the US gov goes after bitcoin there won’t be any exchanges left. They claim jurisdiction over anyone that so much looks at a U.S. dollar.