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MartyBent | 8 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +40 
 The Biden administration and its allies throughout the federal government do not actually care about the facts. They are intentionally ignoring them because they get in the way of the ultimate goal; suppress bitcoin and make it as hard as possible for American citizens to leverage the most liberating network humanity has ever come into contact with so that they can usher in a CBDC to usher people into a tightly controlled digital panopticon in the wake of the crumbling of the incumbent monetary and financial systems as well as the loss in confidence in the institution of the federal government itself.

https://www.tftc.io/biden-administration-30-percent-excise-tax-on-bitcoin-miners/
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Obi-₿it Koinobi | 8 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Is it 2025 yet where (hopefully) this administration has been punted to the moon?
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NadaFux | 8 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 PUT THE FLASK DOWN BLUE CHECK. 
XOXO
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Nic | 8 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 It would set an interesting precedent, where the government can increase your tax burden if they:

A) dislike your energy usage 
B) dislike your software usage 

The "Land of the free"!
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freecritter | 8 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 You sound surprised the state is actually fighting back and trying to protect its own interest.
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Erdos | 8 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 “Interest” is not a claim on individual property rights.
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ChipButty | 8 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Not going to happen.
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PirataCuervo | 8 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 They can go fork themselves.....and they will.
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plebiANON | 8 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Would love for you to add a note feature on tftc.io when sending V4V on the website. Range of Damus zap options are too big of a gap given the new price level here.