Topic: Would bitcoin have certain immunities if groups claimed it as their religion? (Read 3229 times)

This one might look unimportant for some people but people from China are right now biggest buyers. Besides this religion thing will be only important in some country's. I'm guessing at your country legalization is easy and benefits from such solution are good enough but it is not something we have at other country's. All religions i know are rather centralized, wouldn't bitcoin lose its decentralized and liberal part because of it...

If the purpose of this is to use religious freedom to protect crypto currencies, I think the religion should focus on the belief in the power of decentralization and global networks, in order to not only include Bitcoin, but all crypto - as well as technologies like bittorrent.

It's not about creating a cult.. it's about protecting our rights with whatever means we have available. So if we have to form a religion to stay safe... well, let's form a religion than.

Is this real    well i must say people have take it really seriously then 

This is not completely true.
Only the religious organization is exempted from tax for non-profitable activities not the members. In the case of Bitcoin for ex. the Bitcoin Foundation could be tax-free for receiving membership fees and for distributing free Bitcoins or for making propaganda.
Eventually in an internal economy(like in Namecoin the name registration) where fiat is excluded it could be considered as religious activity and tax-free.
But this is anyway mostly tax-free at the moment when no fiat is involved.

The key could be a holly coin which may not be exchanged directly in fiat(but may be exchanged in other cryptocurrencies) and with a strong internal economy so the authorities have no excuse to regulate it.

Worshiping and creating a religion for the purpose of evading taxes/bans/regulation is completely different. You're more than welcome to worship whatever your little heart desires, but don't for one second delude yourself into thinking that just because you worship something that it won't be taxed/banned/regulated.

Still, in some of the southern states there's a big push to deny health care, insurance payments for birth control and abortions, etc all on the basis of religion, and they seem to be making some headway. Especially since corporations are people. A money laundering religion is rather far-fetched, but so is the denial of basic human rights...

Ha, nice thread. You should consider going the route of an "artificial intelligence religion" and your beliefs state that the bitcoin network over the next 100 years will transform into the worlds first AI and be all knowing and at that time your mind can transcend with AI and we all shall spread out across this universe and be immortal. The end

Love that!
We need a deamon... lol, (Play on words)

See, bitcoins are a religion!

What law states that a currency can't be worshiped as a religion...

We worshiped cows... they had a role as cows... https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.5327763

We worshiped rats... Still do...

We worshiped gold... and golden cows!

We worshiped the sun... Even called it a God!

We worshiped the dollar/crowns/coins/pents/cents... Still do... (But we are forced to do that.)

Why exactly couldn't a crypto-coin "also" be a religion? All you need is belief and trust. (Sort of the foundation of the coins creation in the first place. "As it was written... These are the words of the white-papers... Amen!"

I'm staring the first bitcoin church, donate BTC to address on my signature to help building the church or you will burn in Gox.

Same problem, all of these coins are known as cryptocurrencies. The only way I can see any coin becoming a religion is if a group decouples monetary value from the coin and only have religious value in that coin. If this happens, then why even try to make a religion around a coin if it's only value is religious? The OP only suggests claiming the religion card to avoid tax/ban/regulation, but it can't be both a currency and a religion at the same time, it can only be one thing.

seems more legit than Scientology, go for it 

How about a Buddhist philosophy towards BTC 

The opening at Bitcoin Worship:

Pool Owner: Hashrate be with you.
Pool Members: And also with you.
Pool Owner: We lift up our hash.
Pool Members: We lift our ASICs to the coin.

With that said, the interesting thing is the religion would need to foremost establish a center church otherwise it actually falls short of a whole bunch of exemptions (at least in the U.S.). Which is kinda funny since that would mean there would be needed centralization which is completely against the ideas behind Bitcoin.

Very interesting point.  Could we also consider a group that forks the blockchain and creates their religion around the aquisition/spending/sharing/and transferring an altoin?  I.e. Holycoin, Godcoin, Sacredcoin, Faithcoin, Divinicoin etc.

I don't think it's even possible to turn Bitcoin into a religion as it has already been branded a currency since it's inception, and thus can not be both a religion and a currency. If it had been referred to as a religion from the get go, then it would have a leg to stand on; but in my honest opinion, as is it has absolutely no chance of becoming a religion after all this time of being a currency. And let's suppose it did turn into a religion; it would stop being a currency wouldn't it? There's no doubt in my mind that if it did turn into a religion it would effectively cease to be a currency (well, more like a speculative asset really).

No it is not... it is made to stop you from thinking...

Stop thinking! Here is the answer...
Stop thinking! Do not do anything...
Stop thinking! Give me your money...
Stop thinking! I do that for you...
Stop thinking! Except about me...
Stop thinking! There is no spoon...
Stop thinking! Dirty thoughts...
Stop thinking! About his stuff...
Stop thinking! About hurting me/others...
Stop thinking! About other's beliefs...
Stop thinking! Thinking is sin...

See... they are not controlling your mind... they don't ask you to do a thing... So just Stop thinking about it! Just... Stop... Thinking... Sinner!

Yea, I want to spend eternity with that crowd. lol. I'll take my chances and assume the devil, part of religions (thus, non-existent if you don't believe in them), isn't going to consume me. Keep your beliefs in your head, and I will keep mine in my head. It's good to have friends, even if they are imaginary.

Bitcoin is a religion... It is celebrated at conventions. It has a large following of supporters. It has rules. It can not truly be seen, but it is all around us. It helps the poor and needy, freeing them of evil FIAT. It promises nothing. It has many alternative variations, with similar followers (alt-coins). The creator has yet to be seen. You don't know the creators true name. Oh, and it cures cancer!

Religion is bad. It's made to control your mind.

I wonder why no one came up with this one yet!

I bet it will hit the market soon!


As for the BTC religion ... NO COMMENT!

But still awesome to read this story!