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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: The future of Bitcoin is illegal
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nobbynobbynoob
on 07/10/2012, 11:41:46 UTC
I've been using Bitcoin as a currency since the autumn of 2010.  So far I haven't done anything illegal.  I report my coins and my earnings to th tax authorities, who have no idea what it is.  So far it is untaxed, but I have done everything right.

While I'm no lover of the State and the taxman, I do respect and admire your honesty.

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In my opinion the future is legal.  I sell coins every day to people who use the coins to pay for services or as a store of value / investment.  Nothing of this is illegal.

I don't think I can disagree with that.

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And the value will of course drop to the bottom if Bitcoin is deemed illegal.  Both I and most other people will get rid of all we have as soon as possible, and it is going to be hard to do it in a legal way.

I'm not convinced that's true. After all, prohibition has never made illicit drugs cheap, quite the opposite!