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Are we anonymous against governments? [duplicate]
If all transactions are public knowledge and coins are identifiable and thus traceable. With the power of subpoena can't a government uncover who bought the coin(s) from an exchange. It might be ...
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What happens if the US govt. bans Bitcoin?
They can do that because they are the US govt.
What would be the likely consequences of the ban?
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What prevents Bitcoins for being used by criminals to avoid taxation?
Governments around the globe are fighting black markets by following money trails and transaction histories, usually involving checking the suspects bank accounts. This makes it at least feasible to ...
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Can someone with an unlimited amount of money compromize the network?
I was reading this interesting discussion in the comments section on ZH where this guy was talking about how a single entity (think corrupt government and banksters) can throw money and processing ...
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Is there a website that tracks Bitcoin taxes paid to local government?
One thing that would further legitimize Bitcoin with government oversight is the payment of relevant taxes to Federal and State government (in local equivalent currency) for e-commerce and mining ...
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Will an approved Bitcoin-like system replace Bitcoin?
What is the chance of another Bitcoin-like currency system to replace Bitcoin? Will Bitcoin still coexist with such systems? Will it affect then-current Bitcoin exchange rate?
By Bitcoin-like, I ...
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What is a brief summary of the ECB's report on virtual currency?
On 29th Oct 2012, the European Central Bank released this report on virtual currency.
What is a summary of its comments on Bitcoin?
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How much would it cost for a government to undermine Bitcoins?
Articles by for example the Economist stating that Bitcoins are being used for drug trading (Silk Road), I believe that the biggest risk to Bitcoins is that a government will pull a stunt similar to ...
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Does the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission govern Bitcoin?
Do SEC regulations apply to:
Exchange of Bitcoin for US dollars
Investing in companies with Bitcoin
An exchange that sells shares of company stock for Bitcoin
Bitcoin futures contracts
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Defense from Government Intervention
What's to stop a government, say the U.S. government, from saying "Hey, it's okay if you want to use Bitcoins, but you have to use at least version 0.6.3".
And then a year later changing the law to ...
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What methods could a government use to shutdown Bitcoin?
Let's say that that a government decided to shut down the Bitcoin network, what options would they have to achieve this? Would they need to convince other/all governments? Let's set as a precondition ...
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What would a country adopting Bitcoins as official currency have to reinvent?
Let's say that a country decided to ditch their currency and go for Bitcoins. What would this country have to reinvent. The reason why I ask, is because I believe that if a tiny country was to adopt ...
