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If your position is that digital assets should be banned, you're a little late for that. Digital assets are defined in the US as property by the IRS since about 2014, and a commodity by the CFTC.

Furthermore, giving someone US dollars for something doesn't make that thing a "currency."

> Comparing Bitcoin to free software seems similarly disingenuous.

Bitcoin is literally FOSS.

https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin




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