Transaction fees are the equivalent of taxes in Bitcoin, and until the final coin is mined in 2140, everyone pays a tax in the form of inflation. I know this i

Transaction fees are the equivalent of taxes in Bitcoin, and until the final coin is mined in 2140, everyone pays a tax in the form of inflation. I know this isn't what you meant -- you're almost certainly asking a rhetorical question intended to point out a limitation of cryptocurrencies in general -- but participants do pay taxes to keep the Bitcoin infrastructure running.