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I run a bitcoin ecommerce site without converting to fiat. Just because Overstock wants to pay additional overhead doesn't mean everyone else has to.

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If you were paying taxes or employees like overstock does you'd have to convert to fiat, wouldnt you?

Sure, you'd either have to convert part of it to fiat for taxes, or carry a currency risk and pay the taxes separately (as I do.)

In the future, you'll probably be able to pay your expenses in bitcoin and then the issue becomes moot (you use your bitcoin earnings for expenses and your fiat earnings for taxes.)

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