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This is an even greater hurdle to overcome now that spending a Bitcoin is a taxable event. According to the IRS, precisely which Bitcoin you spend has significant consequences. Without fungiblity, Bitcoin is not a practical currency.

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Applications that will automatically keep track of these events are on the horizon. The cryptocurrency industry is still in its infancy.

Great point. Hopefully, IRS will reconsider and treat BTC as a currency.

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