-Title: Some thoughts on bitcoins
+Title: Some thoughts on BitCoins
Tags: english, debian, bitcoin, personvern, sikkerhet
-Date: 2010-12-11 15:00
+Date: 2010-12-11 15:10
<p>As I continue to explore
<a href="http://www.bitcoin.org/">BitCoin</a>, I've starting to wonder
laws and regulations I would expect to apply to the use of BitCoin.
If the Skolelinux foundation
(<a href="http://linuxiskolen.no/slxdebianlabs/donations.html">SLX
-Debian Labs</a>) were to accept donations in BitCoin like EFF is
-doing, how should this be accounted? What exchange rate should be
-used when calculating taxes? Would receivers have to pay income tax
-if the foundation were to pay Skolelinux contributors in BitCoin? I
-have no idea, but it would be interesting to know.</p>
+Debian Labs</a>) were to accept donations in BitCoin in addition to
+normal bank transfers like EFF is doing, how should this be accounted?
+Given that it is impossible to know if money can across the border or
+not, should everything or nothing be declared? What exchange rate
+should be used when calculating taxes? Would receivers have to pay
+income tax if the foundation were to pay Skolelinux contributors in
+BitCoin? I have no idea, but it would be interesting to know.</p>
<p>For a currency to be useful and successful, it must be trusted and
accepted by a lot of users. It must be possible to get easy access to