There was a story on HN just awhile ago, where it was ruled (albeit in Florida) that its not legally a currency: http://phys.org/news/2016-08-bitcoin-money-vict

There was a story on HN just awhile ago, where it was ruled (albeit in Florida) that its not legally a currency: http://phys.org/news/2016-08-bitcoin-money-victory-backers.html http://phys.org/news/2016-08-bitcoin-money-victory-backers.h... .