Re: "Accepting" Bitcoin
They are accepting real money from Coinbase when you give Coinbase your bitcoins
should be
They are accepting real currency from Coinbase when you give Coinbase your bitcoins
It's a subtle but rather important difference you ought to be aware of. The authors of that link naturally have a business reason for making you understand this, but they are correct, and it's good to recognise this difference when a government is messing around with currency. IMHO, Bitcoin is also a currency.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
