Seriously...did anyone actually believe somehow that if there were profits to be made from the investing in Bitcoin that they would not eventually be taxed?

That's a ridiculous notion to hold onto in my mind.

It was always eventually to be taxed as either a currency exchange or as as asset. Both introduce challenges in terms of record keeping...but actually treating it as a currency would likely be more complicated for most people and in many cases not nearly as advantageous financially when time comes to pay the tax.

This is after all an electronic "smart currency"...it seems to me that there will be electronic solutions to this problem which will make the necessary record keeping required for most Bitcoin users rather invisible.