I Said 99% of the time merchants use Bitpay And this is not the only reason bitcoin can't be used as a currency lol. how many people u think pay taxes over their bitcoins? i can tell u it's less then 5%. If bitcoin doesn't get burned by it's self it gets cracked down by the goverment. If bitcoin were to be a currency nobody will be paying taxes and mass amounts of money laundering. There are alot more reasons why it can't aswell. If u can prove me wrong why bitcoin is and will be used as a currency in the future i might consider buying some. Bitcoin isn't immume from goverments.
The U.S. Government is already "cracking down" on Bitcoin because of what you said, but it won't destroy it long term as you state.
1. The IRS has already stated that you need to pay taxes on Bitcoin. If you decide you don't want to report your capital gains to the IRS, that makes you a criminal, like the tens of thousands of Americans who dont pay taxes.
2. Representatives are already looking to allow users to be free from paying taxes on Bitcoin transactions under $600, which is huge for mass adoption.
3. The IRS has already bought and are starting to implement software after its ongoing legal battle with coinbase to track down those who don't pay there Bitcoin gains taxes
Look, I don't see why BTC will ultimately crash because
A. Less than 2% of all users paid there taxes
b. It's not a widely accepted currency
If the IRS and the Fed saw this as a major threat, they would've did everything the could to shut it down...
But they aren't, instead, they are actually trying to regulate it in a way SO IT CAN prosper in the long run.
I'll gladly allow the U.S. Government to tax my capital gains on crypto as long as it's over a certain $ threshold
I'm okay with the IRS going after tax evaders and money launders, but the idea that BTC will crash a an burn and go down to 0, because of unpaid taxes and not being used as a currency, even though the world changing tech still isn't even 10 years old just doesn't fit well with me. "BTC is a bubble" was literally a headline when BTC hit $1. People thought "there's no way it's unreal". When BTC hit $30, we got the same reactions.
But we can agree to disagree my friend
But I must ask, do you see this happening with all crypto? Do you think that if Bitcoin isn't going to be a widely used "currency" and just an asset, so you think all the other alt coins will ultimately crash and burn?
Do you think the billions of dollars of uber smart Chinese and Korean and soon to be Japanese investors are just throwing there money at a bundle waiting to pop? I'm not being sarcastic, I'm genuinely wondering you opinion on all these other coins