> saying Free and Open Source Software should be banned

Nobody is proposing banning blockchains. Cryptocurrency, however, is clearly more than just software in the way missile-targeting system is more than ones and zeroes.

> Nobody is proposing banning blockchains. Cryptocurrency, however, is clearly more than just software

The block reward is the incentive for miners/stakers to operate a decentralized network. It is not a separate concept. The actual value of each reward is emergent. It is the result of resources being used to operate the network, and how we value that network. If we don't value the network enough, the value of the block reward will drop below the resources required to maintain it. I don't see why any external party should dictate how we may value that block reward or network.

> the way missile-targeting system is more than ones and zeroes.

This is an irrelevant comparison attempting to moralize software by comparing it to a weapon.

> block reward is the incentive for miners/stakers to operate a decentralized network. It is not a separate concept

The moment that reward becomes a currency, and is traded for U.S. dollars, it leaves the domain of just being software. Banning that is quite different from banning the software per se.

> an irrelevant comparison attempting to moralize software by comparing it to a weapon

Comparing Bitcoin to free software seems similarly disingenuous.

That would make Eve online, Second Life, and other games illegal since people trade their digital assets all the time

>Comparing Bitcoin to free software seems similarly disingenuous.

Bitcoin is free software. https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin