If so, try writing a check a Russian oligarch, to pay for cuban cigars, or to sell something to Iran.
Which of those transactions is "normal"? It should be noted that even with cryptocurrencies laws still apply. You're still seeking "permission" for your "normal" transactions.
Here's the deal. The commentator said, effectively, it is NORMAL for "duh gubmint" to control your spending.
It is not.
Normal has a well-defined and commonly-accepted meaning. You cannot call bribing a Russian oligarch "normal" unless you are a different kind of person than most. Unless you are an abnormal person doing abnormal things.
There are edge cases where the government does regulate cash transactions and whether or not those edge cases are right or required is a separate discussion I am not having right now.
Also, checks aren't cash?????
...and Bitcoin is mot digital cash.
The title of the bitcoin white paper is "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System". Is it lying?
I specifically said you cannot (except with cash, in-person) typically transact in ways that the government disallows. This is not relevant if all your transactions are of the sort that your government permits! This only matters when you and the government have a disagreement, which may be rare or which may be quite common depending on who you are and where you live.
Your emphasis is your own and does not reflect what I said, only what you imagine I said.
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Which of those transactions is "normal"? It should be noted that even with cryptocurrencies laws still apply. You're still seeking "permission" for your "normal" transactions.
Here's the deal. The commentator said, effectively, it is NORMAL for "duh gubmint" to control your spending.
It is not.
Normal has a well-defined and commonly-accepted meaning. You cannot call bribing a Russian oligarch "normal" unless you are a different kind of person than most. Unless you are an abnormal person doing abnormal things.
There are edge cases where the government does regulate cash transactions and whether or not those edge cases are right or required is a separate discussion I am not having right now.
Also, checks aren't cash?????
The title of the bitcoin white paper is "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System". Is it lying?
https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
To ape on Diderot, "Man will never be free until the last libertarian is strangled with the entails of the last cryptobro".
I specifically said you cannot (except with cash, in-person) typically transact in ways that the government disallows. This is not relevant if all your transactions are of the sort that your government permits! This only matters when you and the government have a disagreement, which may be rare or which may be quite common depending on who you are and where you live.
Your emphasis is your own and does not reflect what I said, only what you imagine I said.