it must be acceptable to all
its users as a means of exchange.
Not exact matches
The app is marketed
as a digital wallet that would allow
users to store cryptocurrencies independently
of an
exchange,
meaning users can access their money if things go wrong at the
exchange.
Designed by its authors
as a
means to «motivate miners to report Segwit» and to overcome the constraints
of the BIP 9, the BIP 148 presents itself
as a soft fork «activated by
users» By the nodes
of the network and the
exchanges.
We position ourselves
as a «brokerage»,
meaning that we execute the orders
of our
users on international bitcoin
exchanges.
Now, however, the Bitcoin economy saw two more shocks: first, an IRS ruling saying that Bitcoin is taxable
as property,
meaning that Bitcoin
users theoretically need to keep track
of every transaction they make in order to calculate their capital gains liability, and finally a report, not yet confirmed by the People's Bank
of China but by all accounts true, that the banking system will be forbidden from interfacing at all with Bitcoin
exchanges starting April 15.
Separately, Stripe said Bitcoin
users now saw the virtual currency largely
as an «asset» to be bought and sold, rather than something a
means of exchange.