Taxation and control of the money supply is the single most powerful and fundamental right reserved by a government, and it's backed up by lots and lots of guns.
Godspeed with changing that, crypto bros.
Godspeed with changing that, crypto bros.
All power on earth emanates from the barrel of a gun. We abstract that fact away in modern polite society, but it is the base level truth of our existence.
So yes, when it comes down to it, governments can, will, (and have) used guns to solve this.
Any and all economic policy is ultimately backed by violence. That's what governments are for.
See: 600 years of Roman history.
But for a modern example, just look at Bretton-Woods.