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Re:Bitcoin hits $1T in market value by SpelingBeeChamp on Friday February 19, 2021 @08:52PM (#26200679)
What makes BTC 'less real' is that you can't use it to pay the IRS.

It's all fun and games until you don't pay taxes, or you try to pay taxes using currency not recognized by the government.

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Re:Bitcoin hits $1T in market value by tux1968 on Friday February 19, 2021 @09:45PM (#26201008)
I don't think you can pay in Euros either, you'd have to convert them to good ole USD first, just like BTC.
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Re:Bitcoin hits $1T in market value by pedrmsilva on Saturday February 20, 2021 @07:47AM (#26203734)
Excuse me?

Well, you see, you actually can pay taxes with Euros. In Europe. The USA isn't the only country in the world.

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Re:Bitcoin hits $1T in market value by tux1968 on Saturday February 20, 2021 @08:18AM (#26203883)
What point are you trying to make? The question was about paying taxes to the IRS, which is the American tax collection agency. The assertion was that Euro's were acceptable to the IRS while BTC was not, but that actually is incorrect.
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