Stability and Taxes: Could Bitcoin Be a Replacement for Gold?
Given that the design of bitcoin's peer-to-peer system was partly inspired by gold, it's not a surprise that many bitcoin enthusiasts are also fans of the precious metal. Both gold and bitcoin are scarce commodities used as stores of value by those who might be distrustful of fiat currencies. The bitcoin community has long been interested in courting gold users - Ripple, for example, recently introduced gold trading to its platform. Even so, gold enthusiasts have not always been bitcoin champions. Some even go so far as to vocally oppose bitcoin as an investment vehicle. Schiff's stance.....
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Gold has been used as a store of value for eons, thanks to its beauty and almost magical ability to never tarnish. Furthermore, despite radical shifts in human values over the past 100 years, its worth still has not diminished - even soaring to over $1,000 an ounce in recent times. Now, though, there is a new, digital challenger on the scene that, when its price chart is compared with that of gold, bears some striking similarities. It's no wonder, then, that companies like Netagio nowallow people to trade bitcoin for precious metals like gold - it is a sign that investors want the ability....
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