[Moxdi]

this is giving the power of governments to tech companies, and im not sure how i feel about that, at least bitcoin is truly decentralized

[Bakary]

The democratization that bitcoin was supposed to bring was fatally undermined anyway as it just created yet another caste of wealthy early adopters.

[lukevdp]

Not really, governments will regulate it, same as everything.

[Spivak]

They're going to end up in the same situation as banks where they're vaguely intertwined with government interests.

[conanbatt]

Unless they can levvy taxes, the comparison is ridicolous. Do you think Magic the Gathering is also a sovereign state?