New Delhi: Should bitcoins be banned, regulated or subjected to self-regulation? The government has sought comments on this question from the public for deciding the viability or other wise of Virtual Currencies (VC) or bitcoins.

Widening the scope of the debate on what is also referred to as Digital/Crypto Currencies, it has invited suggestions on its discussion platform MyGov, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in July 2014.

The circulation of VC has been a cause of concern among central bankers the world over for quite a while now.