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If the IRS is going to work out in the long run, it will need arguments that work even if the blockchain retains its ability to maintain a globally distributed
by smokeyj 12y ago
If the IRS is going to work out in the long run, it will need arguments that work even if the blockchain retains its ability to maintain a globally distributed ledger.
Are you surprised bitcoin still exists considering the white paper unapologetically spoke heresy against government and bank collusion? That must be frustrating. Seeing the NYSE invest in a bitcoin company must have been a poke in the eye for you!
- jbooth 12y agoThis kind of comment is probably why Mr. Ptacek chose the word "believer" downthread.
- smokeyj 12y agoLet the record show it's CRYPTOGRAPHY that requires faith, not the enshrined powers of the IRS.
- mpyne 12y agoGive it 10 years and I guarantee "the white paper" will be treated as reverently as the Qu'ran or the Holy Bible in some circles.