Quote from: Slark on August 17, 2017, 08:37:16 PM

Quote from: Aventhe on August 17, 2017, 08:21:46 PM

Wow, this is certainly good news. However, I have also not been able to find any official statements about this from any major websites or government release papers. If this is true, it is certainly a good thing to be done and I really hope other countries will follow this example.
It certainly looks like the world is changing towards a unified currency that can be used across all countries, and changes like this are the first piece of the puzzle to making this come true.

That is because Bitcoin is still no legalized in Australia and we can still only speculate of the final term of legalization.
I've searched to see if there are any solid sources of info about Australian Legalization and it seems that this article is the best clue we have:

https://themerkle.com/australia-may-fully-legalize-bitcoin-if-bipartisan-proposal-is-approved/

I think this article is good as well:

https://www.ft.com/content/4cd5cc3c-8309-11e7-a4ce-15b2513cb3ff?mhq5j=e5

I dont think we can just speculate on the outcome. What seems to be happening is that there has been a proposal to regulate cryptocurrencies, especially to fight money-laundering, and the it still has to pass some legal steps.

The proposal comes from the Liberal and Labor parties and there is nothing in the articles that makes me think it wont be finally approved. However, I dont know much about Australian politics so I dont know if it is enough with the votes from both parties to pass all the stages.
It would be interesting if someone from Australia could enlighten us. Anyway, we will know in the future.

Quote from: Palmerson on September 28, 2017, 02:06:47 PM

Quote from: btcprospecter on September 28, 2017, 01:44:40 PM

As more and more countries start to embrace the digital age we live in it will be even easier for bitcoin and other coins to emerge to the forefront. Old paper currency has to change and with that will come a change in the way we control our own currency

I hear news like this constantly but no real steps for the legalization of bitcoin there. In fact, governments are not profitable to legalize cryptocurrency. They don't know how to take taxes from the users but it does not recognize it. That's their whole insidious psychology. Bitcoin is the people's property and legalization can only do harm.

I think both articles make pretty clear that there are real steps for legalizing bitcoin there.