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Re:Global ‘Wana’ Ransomware Outbreak Earned Perpetrators $26... by ouid on Monday May 15, 2017 @03:36PM (#14344440)
Isn't tax evasion the whole point of bitcoin?
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Re:Global ‘Wana’ Ransomware Outbreak Earned Perpetrators $26... by datatan on Monday May 15, 2017 @03:37PM (#14344454)
Decentralization is the point of Bitcoin. It can still be taxed in any number of ways.
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Re:Global ‘Wana’ Ransomware Outbreak Earned Perpetrators $26... by ouid on Monday May 15, 2017 @03:40PM (#14344486)
The only reason to care about centralized currency is the possibility that whoever owns the central bank will simply print more. This is equivalent to taxation.

edit:

>any number of ways

what about zero?

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