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Re: Are Bitcoins Securities Under U.S. Law?
by
is4tomj
on 06/02/2012, 18:42:25 UTC
I read your blog post and it seems what you have argued makes sense.  It seems like by the letter of the law (U.S. law) bitcoin is not a currency.  You also argued that bitcoin is not an investment contract.

To me it seems like if bitcoin is not a currency, and if it's not security (investment contract), then is bitcoin then a commodity?  

You bring up a great point, I only argued what bitcoin is not.  I will focus my next post on what bitcoin is.  I do not know the legal definition of "commodity" off the top of my head, but I will find out and let you know.