[smokeyj]

If the IRS is going to work out in the long run, it will need arguments that work even if the blockchain retains its ability to maintain a globally distributed ledger.

Are you surprised bitcoin still exists considering the white paper unapologetically spoke heresy against government and bank collusion? That must be frustrating. Seeing the NYSE invest in a bitcoin company must have been a poke in the eye for you!

[mpyne]

Give it 10 years and I guarantee "the white paper" will be treated as reverently as the Qu'ran or the Holy Bible in some circles.

[jbooth]

This kind of comment is probably why Mr. Ptacek chose the word "believer" downthread.

[smokeyj]

Let the record show it's CRYPTOGRAPHY that requires faith, not the enshrined powers of the IRS.