From: Petter Reinholdtsen Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 14:11:59 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Improve langauge. X-Git-Url: https://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/commitdiff_plain/49c2cd00a35c2fe2a4622cd74213723ccc6a64ee Improve langauge. --- diff --git a/blog/data/2010-12-11-bitcoin.txt b/blog/data/2010-12-11-bitcoin.txt index 64b07257df..204bf692c5 100644 --- a/blog/data/2010-12-11-bitcoin.txt +++ b/blog/data/2010-12-11-bitcoin.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -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

As I continue to explore BitCoin, I've starting to wonder @@ -34,11 +34,13 @@ without declaring it. There are money laundering, tax and accounting laws and regulations I would expect to apply to the use of BitCoin. If the Skolelinux foundation (SLX -Debian Labs) 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.

+Debian Labs) 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.

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