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A comment on Nassim Taleb: Bitcoin failed as a currency and became a speculative ponzi scheme. Parent comment

Re:Nassim Taleb: Bitcoin failed as a currency and became a s... by petre on Saturday April 17, 2021 @04:01AM (#26842469)
Good luck transporting and securing larger quantities of gold and also exchanging it for money. One basically has to declare any quantity in excess of six ounces / 170 grams of gold because it exceeds 10k US dollars / euros.
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Re:Nassim Taleb: Bitcoin failed as a currency and became a s... by chii on Saturday April 17, 2021 @05:35AM (#26842904)
what's wrong with declaring? It's not like it'd be taken from you...unless you illegitimately obtained it.
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Re:Nassim Taleb: Bitcoin failed as a currency and became a s... by faffe on Saturday April 17, 2021 @10:50AM (#26844625)
It can via tax...
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Re:Nassim Taleb: Bitcoin failed as a currency and became a s... by McScroogy on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @02:11PM (#26878507)
If there is a wealth tax, as is being discussed in many places, it could be taken from you.
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Re:Nassim Taleb: Bitcoin failed as a currency and became a s... by iso1631 on Saturday April 17, 2021 @08:37AM (#26843799)
If you carry your bitcoin wallet with you do you need to declare that?
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