The fundamental purpose of a currency is to pay taxes and debts. Which means that bitcoin isn't really a currency, it's just a particularly transportable bottl

The fundamental purpose of a currency is to pay taxes and debts. Which means that bitcoin isn't really a currency, it's just a particularly transportable bottle of wine. Nothing more than an intangible asset. You still have to swap it for some actual currency at some point - or go to jail for tax evasion.