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Total Market Cap: $ 12,947,277,234 http://coinmarketcap.com/ I think they're going to need more than a quarter of a billion...

What does the market cap of bitcoin have to do with the cost of getting government to legislate so that it isn't viable?

nothing at all, cost doesn't matter security of the software is all that matters

Good luck finding a congressman to buy who will accept bitcoin as payment.