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Title: (2014-01-09) Could a Civil War-Era Law Stamp Out Bitcoin? Post by: OneEyedJack on January 09, 2014, 06:37:30 PM http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2014/01/stampact/
See... some old laws need to be updated... Title: Re: (2014-01-09) Could a Civil War-Era Law Stamp Out Bitcoin? Post by: OneEyedJack on January 09, 2014, 07:12:52 PM Personally I think it's ridiculous. Hell the government itself has issued tokens/coins worth less than a dollar (Quarter, Nickel, Dime, Cent)
Title: Re: (2014-01-09) Could a Civil War-Era Law Stamp Out Bitcoin? Post by: FeedbackLoop on January 09, 2014, 09:44:31 PM Where was that rule about questions in headlines that someone posted a while back? Ah yes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines Title: Re: (2014-01-09) Could a Civil War-Era Law Stamp Out Bitcoin? Post by: OneEyedJack on January 09, 2014, 10:04:18 PM Where was that rule about questions in headlines that someone posted a while back? Ah yes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines Interesting, I did not know that! Thanks for the link! Title: Re: (2014-01-09) Could a Civil War-Era Law Stamp Out Bitcoin? Post by: oakpacific on January 10, 2014, 02:51:34 AM You can't fight something new and creative with something backward.
Title: Re: (2014-01-09) Could a Civil War-Era Law Stamp Out Bitcoin? Post by: geniusboy91 on January 10, 2014, 05:03:18 PM lol companies send out checks all the time for less than $1.00 for a variety of reasons.
Title: Re: (2014-01-09) Could a Civil War-Era Law Stamp Out Bitcoin? Post by: bitbouillion on January 10, 2014, 05:51:17 PM I think, this is an important condition:
Quote ..., intended to circulate as money or to be received or used in lieu of lawful money http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2011-title18/html/USCODE-2011-title18-partI-chap17-sec336.htmMaybe it could affect micropayments denominated in Dollars with bitcoin, but then make the sum always larger than $1. jmho, I am not a lawyer. |