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Re:Hackers nab $500k as Enigma is compromised weeks before i... by option on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @10:01AM (#15072460)
A lot of things "can be done". And what is not true? Bitcoin IS considered an asset by the IRS
Re:Hackers nab $500k as Enigma is compromised weeks before i... by ringaroundthetx on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @09:36PM (#15086933)
> Bitcoin IS considered an asset by the IRS

Yes, that is true and nobody was arguing that with you. Thats not controversial or interesting to anybody but you.

It simply makes other considerations necessary to use it practically. And software already exists to alleviate how it is used, when used as payment network rails.

In your attempt to imagine next week's death knell for bitcoin, in the US, you missed all the tax advantages the IRS has created for bitcoin by classifying it as property, such as the ability to like-kind exchange forever and never have a tax event (unless you buy something).

Re:Hackers nab $500k as Enigma is compromised weeks before i... by CyberDildonics on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @11:08AM (#15073122)
> bitcoin is probably doomed in US because

a bold prediction, not backed up by what you are saying because:

> to actually legally use it as a money is a huge pain tax-wise

Is not true.