Bitcoin + Geoism = Win
I'm encouraged to see more discussion about what the structure of voluntary or involuntary taxation would look like in a world where sales and wage taxes are hard to levy. Not surprisingly, others have asked the same thing and some have come to the same conclusion I have - land value taxation.
As I wrote in my Immodest Panarchist Proposal, the marriage of Bitcoin + Geoism + Transparency could make practical, adaptable voluntarism a reality.
As I wrote in my Immodest Panarchist Proposal, the marriage of Bitcoin + Geoism + Transparency could make practical, adaptable voluntarism a reality.
Introducing Roadcoin!
Due to the unfortunate number of statists on /r/bitcoin who advocate continuing to fund the state through taxes and thereby eliminating many of the benefits of a decentralized pseudonymous digital currency, I am proposing a new bitcoin fork.
If people were advocating paying taxes on bitcoin transactions on the basis of fear of taxing agencies, that would be one thing. However, the thread appears to be more of an Oliver Wendell Holmes circle jerk; taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society.
If people were advocating paying taxes on bitcoin transactions on the basis of fear of taxing agencies, that would be one thing. However, the thread appears to be more of an Oliver Wendell Holmes circle jerk; taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society.
Bitcoin Weirds Ownership
I've heard people state that The Bitcoin Protocol allows a world where human trust and laws are not necessary; the blockchain will handle proof-of-ownership. Yet these same people will be the first to denounce others who steal coins. I find this position inconsistent. If the blockchain proves ownership and anyone transfers coins to another address, then the blockchain is proving that the individual(s) with knowledge of the private key associated with that address owns the coins sent to that address.
Since I don't grant people a right to be wrong, and since I'm a charitable person who is willing to believe every individual's claims about what they believe, and since I'm a fan of the jerk philosophy of Overmanian Ethics, I have a few bones to pick with those individuals.
Since I don't grant people a right to be wrong, and since I'm a charitable person who is willing to believe every individual's claims about what they believe, and since I'm a fan of the jerk philosophy of Overmanian Ethics, I have a few bones to pick with those individuals.
