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I don't think it's a bad argument. The UCC defines money as something that has a government attached to it. If people treated leaves like money for simulated
by psychlops 5y ago
I don't think it's a bad argument. The UCC defines money as something that has a government attached to it. If people treated leaves like money for simulated drug sales, it shouldn't get them jail time.
"Money" means a medium of exchange currently authorized or adopted by a domestic or foreign government. The term includes a monetary unit of account established by an intergovernmental organization or by agreement between two or more countries.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/1/1-201 https://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/1/1-201
- luma 5y agoI have no idea if you're right, but the defendant appears to think you are wrong and that Bitcoin is in fact money, and he publically said as much back in 2017: https://i.imgur.com/7gP31ks.png https://i.imgur.com/7gP31ks.png This motion to dismiss is going to be pretty hard for him to defend.
- jbverschoor 5y agoIt nowhere says that it’s money
- bawolff 5y agoThe defendants personal opinions dont really seem relavent to the question of if its money in the eyes of the court.
- SturgeonsLaw 5y ago> Bitcoins are completely different [to dollars] Seems that post is actually saying the opposite
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