I have looked into it and have seen the requirements for reporting. It is not anonymous although each transaction is opaque.
No, you wouldn’t be blocked or shut down. But the governments of the world have infinite ability to tax, impede and cause logjams. Heaven help you if you try to bypass the IRS if you sell and have a sizeable profit in coin. Offshore? You are still a number they know, and I am not writing of your wallet either.
“Tell me I won’t be able to convert Bitcoin to dollars. So I can tell you that’s the last thing I want to do, to trade the money of the future for paper trash.”
So you will acquire assets?
Already did. Bitcoin is the asset at this phase. One day it will be base layer, and it will be fiercely scarce.