nice try

20:53 | 08-08-2013 | Censorship, Copyright, Economics, Jurisprudence, Lifeform, Politics | 2 Comments

вот, пожалуйста:

In the case of a Texas man accused of massive Bitcoin-based fraud, a federal judge has ruled that bitcoins are “a currency or form of money,” and are therefore subject to relevant US laws. [emphasis mine]

есть и постановление, само собой:

It is clear that Bitcoin can be used as money. It can be used to purchase goods or services, and as Shavers stated, used to pay for individual living expenses. The only limitation of Bitcoin is that it is limited to those places that accept it as currency. However, it can also be exchanged for conventional currencies, such as the U.S. dollar, Euro, Yen, and Yuan. Therefore, Bitcoin is a currency or form of money.

ну да, железная логика, очень смешно. хотя на самом-то деле все как раз очень просто:

The Bitcoin network is a peer-to-peer payment network, and nobody can intefere with it. The only real value of a Bitcoin comes from its users. Because Bitcoin owners are treating it as a currency, it becomes one. That’s what makes it beautiful and scary at the same time. Yet, Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto probably didn’t think that even the U.S. government would treat it as a currency and try to regulate it.

невольно вспоминается Рейган с хрестоматийной формулировкой:

Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

ну, то есть, очевидно же, что государства, разумеется, не допустят угрозы своей монополии на насилие. и в известном смысле, биткойны тоже можно трактовать, как нарушение копирайта. и наблюдаем мы теперь последовавшую репрессивную цензуру.

  

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