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Re: Would it be legal to create new crypto?
by
ahmad21
on 14/12/2017, 17:28:56 UTC
I am from India and bitcoin is not illegal here nor it is regulated.Reserve Bank,the central bank,says it is still watching bitcoin revolution www.indiabitcoin.com/reserve-bank-of-india-governor-raghuram-rajan-speaks-about-bitcoin/ .
My question is if I create a cryptocurruncy (Some new Alt coin),will I be doing something illegal? Can I be put behind bars for creating a parallel currency,if it gets widely accepted?
I am from India too. Currently no authority governs bitcoin so surely it isn't illegal in this way. Then comes the question of our bank. RBI stated that its not legal but didn't expressly claimed it as illegal which means you can't be fined or arrested or be held guilty for holding or raising bitcoins. But in India we have bigger problems. Even if you create another coin by raising an ICO how in this world you will convert such amount into INR. Moreover its almost unexplainable that you have raised such funds so it will be treated as your income so you have to pay your income tax onto it.