Coinbase has an update on this. Unsurprisingly, they have agreed to comply with the court order: http://assistly-production.s3.amazonaws.com/75687/kb_article_attachments/128798/CoinbaseOrder_original.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJNSFWOZ6ZS23BMKQ&Expires=1519435654&Signature=BG9rUJhA7tMU%2FFd4MP2uTfZYrtM%3D&response-content-disposition=filename%3D%22CoinbaseOrder.pdf%22&response-content-type=application%2Fpdf …https://twitter.com/patio11/status/799565787081998336 …
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7475241 <— from 2014, where some commenters were convinced that the blockchain made basis calculations impossible and therefore would destroy the IRS’ ability to tax
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I think you might be somewhat strawmanning b/c Bitcoiners with those views usually avoid Coinbase.
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Bitcoiners' eternal desire to defy the IRS resembles people trying to invent perpetual motion machines. Death and taxes, &c.
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The idea of it granting anonymity is a easier thing to fall for if you do not benefit from an life near/working with databases. The basis of much in the way of intuition on the topic is formed by even a few days with SQL or the like.
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