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Topic: 2012-09-04 Finextra.com - US State Representative adopts Bitcoin donation system (Read 952 times)

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legendary
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US State Representative adopts Bitcoin donation system

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The Bitcoin payment system has come under fire in US political circles for its radical outsider status and links to the online drugs market.

 - http://www.finextra.com/news/Fullstory.aspx?newsitemid=24030   (hat tip to hottweelz)

That's great, but it's very hard not to suspect a politician to accept bitcoins only because it would be soooo easy to hide some of the donations.

At some point if politicians start to accept bitcoins, they would have to make an official declaration about their receiving bitcoin addresses and electoral authorities would invite the public to consult this list before making any donation.  If a politician were to request donations on his website with a different bitcoin address, this would be considered as fraud.
legendary
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US State Representative adopts Bitcoin donation system

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The Bitcoin payment system has come under fire in US political circles for its radical outsider status and links to the online drugs market.

 - http://www.finextra.com/news/Fullstory.aspx?newsitemid=24030   (hat tip to hottweelz)


Radical outsider status?  That would be libertarians?
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