Where's the line between unregistered securities and, for example, gift cards, Linden Dollars, Zynga money, Microsoft Points or other "virtual currencies" out there? I don't live in USA, but interested anyway.
On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 05:34, Jeffrey Walton <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 10:14 PM, Steven Bellovin <[email protected]> > wrote: >> http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2011/06/mining-for-bitcoins.html >> >> and it's worth noting that the author of that post, Brian Frye, is a law >> professor: >> http://law.hofstra.edu/directory/faculty/VisitingFaculty/visfac_frye.html >> > From Frye's comments > I’m no economist, but I can’t help wondering why Bitcoin > aren’t unregistered securities. Uh-oh? Maybe someone > will be hearing from the SEC?" > > Sounds like its time to get Bitcoin in the hands of [key] politicians. > PAC contributions, anyone? > _______________________________________________ > cryptography mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography > -- With best wishes, Oleksandr Nikitin _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list [email protected] http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
