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Should the government classify cryptocurrencies as legal forms of payment?

Cryptocurrencies are a collection of binary data which is designed to work as a medium of exchange wherein individual coin ownership records are stored on a public ledger using strong cryptography to secure transaction records, to control the creation of additional coins, and to verify the transfer of ownership.

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 @9FKGKYVLibertarian from Iowa  answered…2yrs2Y

No, The government should have to say in cryptocurrency at all.

 @94BJMR7Libertarian from California  answered…3yrs3Y

Government should not legislate on crypto

 @946MWMTLibertarian from Virginia  answered…3yrs3Y

No, let commerce happen as people want it to.

 @93Z5RLBLibertarian from Georgia  answered…3yrs3Y

It isn't the governments business what I do with my money

 @93RFP8KLibertarian from Kansas  answered…3yrs3Y

The Federal government should allow all types of competing currencies, including State issued monies.

 @Brandonnoe84Libertarian from Colorado  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes, however companies do not have to accept that form of payment

 @cwa90Libertarian from Pennsylvania  answered…3yrs3Y

No, the inherent value of cryptocurrency is the lack of government regulation.

 @92K2FCTLibertarian from California  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes, the government should be allowed to issue currency but it should not forbid the use of alternative currencies.

 @8WFHHC3Libertarian from Georgia  answered…4yrs4Y

The government should have no say in Crypto

 @8WFFQDMLibertarian from Ohio  answered…4yrs4Y

No, companies should be free to accept or not accept

 @9882YQWLibertarian from New York  answered…3yrs3Y

The government should not have the ability to specify legal forms of payment.

 @9BN2G7PLibertarian from New Jersey  answered…2yrs2Y

cryptocurrencies are a scam

 @99SKF6LLibertarianfrom Maine  answered…2yrs2Y

No, only gold and silver should be legal tender

 @92MDVFRLibertarian from Georgia  answered…3yrs3Y

The Federal Reserve can barely maintain viability of the US Dollar; what makes citizens believe that they can regulate a separate legal tender?

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