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Re:Bitcoin Will Probably Never Be Embraced by the U.S. Gover... by kindfellow92 on Thursday December 21, 2017 @11:44AM (#15980315)
What does this even mean? BTC is a commodity, the government wins via taxes when people make gains. That’s like saying the government will never embrace stocks or real estate.
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Re:Bitcoin Will Probably Never Be Embraced by the U.S. Gover... by heisenbit on Thursday December 21, 2017 @12:31PM (#15980806)
The limited number of BTC compared with the demand makes it less a commodity but more a collectible.
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Re:Bitcoin Will Probably Never Be Embraced by the U.S. Gover... by kindfellow92 on Thursday December 21, 2017 @12:46PM (#15980960)
Sure
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