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comment by rob05c
rob05c  ·  3354 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: GNU Taler – a bitcoin alternative designed to be taxable but anonymous

I think they mean liberal as in free. But yeah, if the Republican Congress sees that, the US won't be implementing it any time soon. -_-

I do have questions about their anonymity claims. The bank has your IP, right? Also, what happens if someone sets up a 'bank' and refuses to comply with government audits?





mk  ·  3354 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I think they mean liberal as in free.

Strange choice of words.

    Taler is an electronic payment system that was built with the goal of supporting taxation.

Now that is a tough sell.

I'm really not getting it. Bitcoin will likely make it easier to tax in time, anyway. All transactions are traceable. This dark market period is a function of it being outside of mainstream finance. Circle was just issued a BitLicense.