News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on IRS reminds taxpayers to report virtual currency transactions. Parent comment

Re:IRS reminds taxpayers to report virtual currency transact... by ricardobeat on Monday March 26, 2018 @02:12AM (#16676993)
You can’t possibly buy bubblegum using stock. Having the properties of a currency makes them currencies!
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:IRS reminds taxpayers to report virtual currency transact... by stryk on Monday March 26, 2018 @04:55AM (#16677565)
I'll sell you all the bubblegum you can chew for some stock. I don't even care _what_ stock.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:IRS reminds taxpayers to report virtual currency transact... by ricardobeat on Monday March 26, 2018 @07:01AM (#16677984)
Have you seen any stock certificates, on paper, recently? I can’t name a broker that doesn’t use completely digital books. Either way, that’s meaningless. We could barter wood instead, but that doesn’t make it a currency (until it does!).
[ Parent | on HN ]