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Re:I Spent A Coin (And I Liked It) — How I Bought Lunch in M... by patrickg on Sunday June 26, 2011 @05:14AM (#2697712)
4) Legislative issues. For example Germany (I'd bet) would not accept bitcoins in one's tax form ("I have to pay 345.67 bit coins of taxes to the state"). And if you have income in a non approved currency, you get into some trouble.
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Re:I Spent A Coin (And I Liked It) — How I Bought Lunch in M... by iwwr on Sunday June 26, 2011 @06:08AM (#2697764)
The restaurant owner was basically exchanging BTC for USD on the spot and also reporting tax income in USD.
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Re:I Spent A Coin (And I Liked It) — How I Bought Lunch in M... by csomar on Sunday June 26, 2011 @08:52AM (#2697932)
If you consider it as a commodity, it would be no different than Gold or Oil.
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