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Originally Posted by A_C_Slater
Won't this chargeback place be a centralized location that government can attack?
Of course. But the money doesn't stay there long, so there's not much damage they can do. Or it could be overseas.
I do think that Bitcoiners in general underestimate how much the government is capable of. "Just use Tor and Bitcoins, NO ONE CAN STOP YOU! GOVERNMENT IS STUPID!" It's a horribly naive view, and the hammer will come down hard on some of them. It does become a game of whack-a-mole for the hardcores, but for mainstream, no one will touch dealing with randoms.
A much more successful way to promote Bitcoins is to get a lot of legitimate uses and businesses involved where it actually makes sense, and then it's harder to justify shutting down.