I think this discussion ignores the central purpose of cryptocurrency, which is, financial sovereignty. Sovereignty includes from all external forces. You are your own bank, YOU decide how much liquidity you CHOOSE to voluntarily contribute to a protocol. No bank is involved in any aspect of a normal existence on HIVE, and rule #1, you're not converting to fiat. No taxable event is incurred without the USD. IF you do not operate with the USD, as billions of people around the world don't, then the IRS really doesn't have any ground to stand on. Not like they did before
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Unfortunately, that's not how IRS thinks and that's not how laws are applied. For example, there is property tax for house you may have. Regardless how you paid for it, you have to pay property taxes, just because the law says so. Moreover, financial freedom/sovereignty doesn't mean no tax obligations. It just means removing the banks/middleman out of the equation.
If you're not engaging with any middleman, where is the knowledge of the event? If there's no KYC applied, there is no way to compel private parties to disclose their activity. Just my two cents
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