I don`t think that serious countries will accept BTC. They have their fiat money and it is enough for all purposes.
Taxes we get on the profit. And i don`t think that someone get a bill with BTC in it. No, we got taxes in fiat money. I don`t like it but it is correct - when you get any profit - you pay taxes.
I’m not sure if other countries have this law but we have a license dedicated for Cryptocurrencies services, either exchange, casino or anything that involved crypto services needs this specific license before they operate.
So even if Bitcoin is not considered as money, the giver is not blind to not see that cryptocurrency is backed by fiat currency which is money that’s why they have special license or bill that dedicated to regulate crypto services.
I don`t know how it works, but i think that such kind of license means, that casino must have enough fiat money to pay cryptousers. I don`t know how it is written, but the idea is about it.
It depends on what you definition of "acceptance" is, I think.
If we call about recognition and free circulation, then I would say most countries in the planet won't have any problems on recognizing Bitcoin as an asset. Even strange and undemocratic countries like mine (Venezuela) give some recognition to Bitcoin and it is legal here to use, mine and store Bitcoin as individuals.
On the other hand, there are countries which go further beyond like El Salvador, where they have started to accept Bitcoin as a legal tender. So you are implying El Salvador is not a serious country? I would disagree with it.
Keep in mind El Salvador before the wide adoption of Bitcoin had free circulation of United States dollars in the country, so we cannot argue they had only a weak Fiat, like we did in Venezuela.
When a country starts to accepts Bitcoin and recognize it as an assets which one could use as wager, it does not mean anything about the serious of such country, it only gives us an idea on the willingness of collecting taxes and regularizing an industry.
Cmmon... Today we know that the democracy is the rule of the democrats.
El Salvador, Venezuela - these countries hasn`t their own currency. I mean serious currency. And about El Salvador - it doesn`t matter what currency they use, USD or BTC - they have no own currency and as result they have nothing to defend. Any country with their own money will never allow any concurrent.
I don't see any reason for serious countries not to accept Bitcoin contrary to what you said. Like I always say, they should stop denying themselves the money due to them due to ignorance and excesses that are not being thought through. They should rather regulate and not castigate. If the US and the top-rated countries of the world could allow Bitcoin, I don't think we need more seriousness anymore because these countries are indeed serious. Bitcoin is not a necessary evil, it is just a means of transacting that is decentralised and that could call for some privacy and anonymity in some cases. Notwithstanding, the government can still make the casinos or any company dealing with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies accountable in their country with strict regulations that should have been well laid down.
This is to avoid issues like cheating, illegal flows and tax evasion. My country turned a deaf ear to this and has missed billions of dollars in a few years even as the citizens continue to give free money to those companies. This is foolishness in my opinion, and in all good sense of thinking, if the countries can reason it through, they would know that regulation and strict enforcement would have taken care of the involvement of their citizens and the companies dealing with Bitcoin by making them accountable for transparency. They will have access to the inflow and outflows, now tell me, what else do they need to be serious countries?
If you have the only well in the village, will you be happy if someone else will has another? You print money. Will you allow someone else print money too? Why serious countries have to allow BTC?
No one can control Bitcoin which is why no government in any country will use it as the primary currency in their country instead of FIAT money. However, there is a possibility of using money as an alternative in the future. But who says that Bitcoin is not money? Bitcoin is much more powerful than FIAT money. So there is no chance to neglect it. We are currently unable to use bitcoins directly for payment in every country, so we have to sell bitcoins and convert them to FIAT. In this case, the government can make our FIAT transition truck. So how are we using bitcoin tax free?
In what country the main part of BTC is? Who crushed Binance? In what country main mining pools are located? Answer these questions first.
Where BTC more powerful? What it can do, that we can`t do using fiat? If i have $100 i can buy some food anywhere. If i have 100 USDT(or $100 in BTC) i must find internet and some freak who needs it.