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Re:Bitcoin is fiat money, too by moxious on Friday September 22, 2017 @08:46PM (#15317314)
Will it still be voluntary and consensual if the day comes where stores post signs: "Payment accepted in bitcoin only"?
Re:Bitcoin is fiat money, too by ballenf on Friday September 22, 2017 @11:14PM (#15317865)
In the US anyway, that would be illegal. Dollars must be accepted for all debts, public and private.
Re:Bitcoin is fiat money, too by qbrass on Saturday September 23, 2017 @12:09AM (#15318046)
There's no debt if they refuse to sell you anything.
Re:Bitcoin is fiat money, too by ric2b on Saturday September 23, 2017 @10:56AM (#15320004)
If the stores are not forced to use Bitcoin and are still allowed to accept other forms of payment but simply choose not to, then yeah, it's voluntary.

Go find someone who's willing to take whatever you're trying to use instead, why should other people have to take your form of payment against their will?