Today on “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads “Can Governments Stop Bitcoin?” by Alex Gladstein, published recently by Quillette. Gladstein argues that both technical and legal attacks on bitcoin are extremely difficult to execute, even for large governments.

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Governments Couldn’t Ban Bitcoin Even if They Wanted

A reading of Human Rights Foundation CSO Alex Gladstein’s latest essay.

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Nathaniel Whittemore

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