Sorry to say, but the petition won´t make any difference. The reason is simple: the problem is not technical, but political.
Governments, worldwide, have clear goals: to become more powerful, omniscient and perpetual in power, and the basis for this is the money they hold. Crypto currencies attack precisely the money part and consequently affect the other objectives.
The currency digitization movement is global (e-dollar being proposed by the FED, e-Real in Brazil, the digitization of money in India, as well as the banning of cryptocurrencies mining in several countries, claiming: * put your ecological/anti-terrorist argument here *.
The truth is that governments do not tolerate the loss of control and the possibility of currency evasion that cryptocurrencies potentially allow. They also don't tolerate the possibility that when they do shit, they can't print money at will to try to cover it up. Neither do they tolerate not having control over all circulating money, especially with regard to taxation.
Laws like this will continue to be passed easily, worldwide, as it maintains the status quo that governments will do everything to maintain.
PS: I am PRAYING to be wrong on ALL of the above statements....
> Neither do they tolerate not having control over all circulating money, especially with regard to taxation
Plenty of countries have given up their currencies. Presently and throughout history [1][2]. In particular, your toy model of governance isn't terribly predictive of American politics.
> not having control over all circulating money, especially with regard to taxation
Non sequitur. I can invoice from New York in euros or Bitcoin and still pay my taxes on those earnings in dollars.
> Governments, worldwide, have clear goals: to become more powerful, omniscient and perpetual in power
I think it's a mistake to treat governments (especially the elected government(s) like this letter targets) as a singular, rational entity. Instead they are a collection of individual (let's generously assume) rational actors whose career goals are often at odds with each other. These career goals depend on the support of the electorate, which is why petitions can work.
Governments, worldwide, have clear goals: to become more powerful, omniscient and perpetual in power, and the basis for this is the money they hold. Crypto currencies attack precisely the money part and consequently affect the other objectives.
The currency digitization movement is global (e-dollar being proposed by the FED, e-Real in Brazil, the digitization of money in India, as well as the banning of cryptocurrencies mining in several countries, claiming: * put your ecological/anti-terrorist argument here *.
The truth is that governments do not tolerate the loss of control and the possibility of currency evasion that cryptocurrencies potentially allow. They also don't tolerate the possibility that when they do shit, they can't print money at will to try to cover it up. Neither do they tolerate not having control over all circulating money, especially with regard to taxation.
Laws like this will continue to be passed easily, worldwide, as it maintains the status quo that governments will do everything to maintain.
PS: I am PRAYING to be wrong on ALL of the above statements....