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by Daniel_Newby 4957 days ago
> It cannot be used as an instrument of fiscal policy, ...

Other than reserve requirements for lending bitcoins, accounting regulations for considering earned bitcoins as either cash income or accrued income, underwriting requirements for bitcoin-denominated loans, excise taxes on bitcoin transactions, and so forth.

Issuing currency is not the goverment's major control on the money supply.