The first Bitcoin post on HN

Re:The first Bitcoin post on HN by kriro on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @06:15PM (#6765187)

Actually the bigger news would be if you could pay taxes in Bitcoin. If that happens a currency has arrived.

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Re:The first Bitcoin post on HN by Pitarou on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @08:11PM (#6765750)

That won't happen.

Governments routinely force their citizens to use a currency under state control. One of the ways they do this is by insisting that taxes are paid in the national currency.

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Re:The first Bitcoin post on HN by sliverstorm on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @06:22PM (#6765238)

You can't pay US taxes in GBP. GBP is a currency.

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Re:The first Bitcoin post on HN by heelhook on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @07:54PM (#6765687)

You can pay GB taxes in GBP though. Why must you assume taxes = US taxes?

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Re:The first Bitcoin post on HN by cbr on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @11:10PM (#6766241)

The point is that wherever you happen to live you can't use most currencies to pay your taxes. If I live in France, Dollars, Bitcoins, and Pounds are all the same in this respect.

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