Mothership is DOA:
Yesterday the Estonian Supreme Court ruled in my Bitcoin case.
The state and some media claimed that the court decided to treat Bitcoin like any other economic activity, but this is not true.
The court decided to apply extra regulation to Bitcoin trading that does not apply to other economic activities.
Including the requirement to meet customers in person (face to face),
as well as the requirement keep IDs of ALL customers and report those who trade more than 1,000 Euros more per month. No other economic activity is subject to such strict requirements, the normal reporting limit is 15,000 Euros not 1,000. Estonia is also the only EU country to apply special strict requirements to Bitcoin, most other EU countries, do treat Bitcoin like other economic activities and do not impose extra strict regulation.
This ruling not only applies to Bitcoin, it applies to all blockchain tokens and assets, the only requirement being that the token or asset can be exchanged for fiat currency somewhere.
I think it's safe to say that Estonia has now confirmed that it is the worst country in the EU to start a Bitcoin or blockchain business.As a bonus, the court also decided that I do not have the right to silence and that I must provide information that could incriminate myself.
So besides being hostile towards Bitcoin, blockchain tokens and assets, Estonia is also not respectful of fundamental basic human rights.
Background information on the case:
http://www.btc.ee/
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