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Re:IRS issues additional guidance on tax treatment for crypt... by gamblor956 on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @08:38PM (#21209765)
Not sure I understand your confusion. If you don't receive the forked coins (situation 1) you don't have income. It doesn't matter why you didn't get any of the forked coins.
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Re:IRS issues additional guidance on tax treatment for crypt... by nullc on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @10:59PM (#21210412)
I was reading the top of page 5 as "the user doesn't have any crypto N after the hardfork". I understand your reading now.
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