Comment Re:Forstering habitat. (Score 1) 20
They could double their output.
In what fucking universe do you exist in where this is a logical rebuttal to "I live in the real world, and my real world landlord doesn't accept BTC"? Right now, I can't buy groceries with BTC. I can't pay for parking with BTC. I can't take a friend out for lunch and pay with BTC. I can't buy a car from a local dealership with BTC, I can't go see a movie in the theatres with BTC.
I can exchange BTC for my local currency and then go about my business, but that's about it.
So really, I have no idea what dream world you live in where BTC is some magical universally accepted currency, because that isn't the universe we all occupy at this exact instant. The GP was right, and it's a legitimate question. What happens to the BTC market if the US government basically blocks all the exchanges by hitting them all with $23M worth of withdrawals?
I can't buy groceries with BTC.
I can't take a friend out and pay for lunch with BTC.
I can't... most of your list is
Wrong
$23M in Bitcoins is less than 2 normal trading days worth of sales on the global market. It would be a noticed, but extremely transient blip. Nothing more. And wouldn't come anywhere NEAR "blocking exchanges".
The one day you'd sell your soul for something, souls are a glut.