Is bitcoin Biblically acceptable?

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It cannot be tracked, and isn't controlled by a government. I think antichrist system would need control and tracking in order to work. And maybe Bitcoin will be the thing to help combat that.

What do you think about Bitcoin?

Here in the states it looks to be taxed very soon! So, it will be tracked.
 
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I don't see why it wouldn't be Biblically acceptable to acquire and use. However:
  • Like all currency trading, its value goes up and down. If you invest in Bitcoin, be prepared for that.
  • If you want to mine, you're going to have to factor in not only the cost of hardware, but the cost of power consumed by that hardware as you mine it.
  • The more Bitcoins are mined, the more computationally expensive it is to mine new ones. It has also been out for years now. This means that mining Bitcoins is always going to be somewhat expensive.
 
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Anything with value will be tracked and taxed eventually, it just takes a while to implement.

If there is minimum to zero government monitoring and regulation, then the risk to you is high. Treat it as a high risk investment, if you have room for that currently.
 
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Anything with value will be tracked and taxed eventually, it just takes a while to implement.

If there is minimum to zero government monitoring and regulation, then the risk to you is high. Treat it as a high risk investment, if you have room for that currently.
In the US, cryptocurrency assets are taxed already. You have to report them when doing your taxes.
 
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In the US, cryptocurrency assets are taxed already. You have to report them when doing your taxes.
Yes, so it's legal. However ...

Since they are being used by billionaires to park their money, it is volatile since they can on a whim decide to park it elsewhere dropping the value.

It's quite a risk.
 
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The real problem with current cryptocurriency is they lack any instrinsic value. If I have US dollars, I have the backing of the FDIC and the US Government behind the value of my dollar, and Wall Street rates the US Credit as AA+ (used to be AAA which was top notch). Gold and Silver have physical value due to demand in jewelry, electronics, and investment coins and bullion. Who backs the intrinsic value of Bitcoin? Who would be held accountable if the market value went to zero overnight?
 
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Is it a sin? No. Whether or not it could be used in the future as the funds the bible talks about, unsure. But for now I don't care for bitcoin. It's to unpredictable and I've seen people lost money with it. If you can get in early on certain one, you could be rich at this point. But the problem is there are so many varieties of bitcoin right now that it's not worth the risk. At least not if you don't have the money to chance losing it.
 
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