Presume governmenrts agree they want to get rid of Bitcoin, this wouldn't be through a computation attack, but by forcing ISPs to ban the bitcoin protocol.
Would this be feasible?
474 sats \ 1 reply \ @nerd2ninja 20 May 2023
No.
Reason number 1: Reminder that the tor network exists
Reason number 2: https://www.bip324.com/
Reason number 3: "The internet is a network of networks" If your ISP tries to ban it, just route around them. We can do IP protocol over mail, with Pidgeon carriers, WISP (wireless internet service providers) internet over radio, internet over satellite any method you can think of to communicate, you can do internet with it and therefore, you can do Bitcoin with it.
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 20 May 2023
Well said.
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218 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 20 May 2023
Heres another point. Have ISPs stopped bittorrent? No. I dont see them stopping bitcoin. Did China stop it? No
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82 sats \ 3 replies \ @DarthCoin 20 May 2023
Next time when you have questions like this, please first read these 2 guides:
- https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/users-questions-about-bitcoin
- https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/bitcoin-myths-debunked
Many possible questions are already answered in those 2 articles.
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2 sats \ 2 replies \ @kepford 20 May 2023
I like seeing people ask. Makes it clear that yeah, this has been answered. New people are always coming to bitcoin and its good to see how long ago these questions were answered.
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101 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 20 May 2023
That's why I put together all those questions and myths.
So all new people coming into Bitcoin, could just read them.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 20 May 2023
Thank you!
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28 sats \ 1 reply \ @faithandcredit 20 May 2023
Perhaps a better question to ask is has a protocol ever been banned and did it work i mean did people stop using it
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @m00ninite 20 May 2023
I wonder if there were ever any efforts to ban torrents in the western world?
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11 sats \ 1 reply \ @TwoLargePizzas 21 May 2023
ISPs can block a particular website / URL by preventing that route from being resolved through DNS but they can't do much about the encrypted data passing over the wire once a connection is established. It's a constant game of whack-a-mole.
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @ElectronicsQuestions 21 May 2023
I have wondered if they could block all encrypted traffic unless specifically authenticated by E-ID or something similar, in a future dystopian scenario. I doubt it, since I haven't seen anyone talk about it, but it would be great if someone who knows a lot about networks and the internet could explain why it would be impossible in that case.
The reason I wonder this is the weird and dystopian laws that are being proposed here in the EU, and in the US, UK, etc. The one here in the EU (Chat Control) would require surveillance and age verification (i.e. identification of users) for pretty much any service that can be used for communication. As the internet is today, such a law would be pretty much impossible to enforce.
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @Takwin 21 May 2023
It’s been answered many times but it’s still good to ask. It’s a logically legimate worry, but just not possible. Short answer is NO. Longer answer is a lot more words but it really is still a hard no.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @JesseJames 21 May 2023
If they don't want to get paid, sure. Unplug your ISP servers, there you stopped everything (including your revenue stream)... lol so, in reality, NO
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @P2E 21 May 2023
This post was very knowledgeable.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @AcidBj69 21 May 2023
Alle Regierungen der Welt ist schwer zuglauben. Wen man sich sonst auch nicht einig ist.
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