Bitcoin - teknisk diskussion

The Federal Council already wrote in his answer to postulate Kaufmann 13.3854 "Bitcoin and money laundering laws" that online-currencies like Bitcoin raise a number of economic, regulatory, as well as operational questions. Legally, they are hard to categorize as they are decentrally organized and neither have an identifyable issuer nor someone else who guarantees a value.

It is likely that those questions could be answered by making clear that Bitcoins and similar electronic means of payment are to be treated like foreign currencies. Hereby, it would be made clear how to apply laws such as GWG, KAG, and MWSTG to Bitcoin and legal certainty would be created.

In addition to the points raised in postulate Schwaab 13.3687 "Evalute the risks of online-currency Bitcoin", the Federal Council shall also answer the following questions:

1. What opportunities does the Federal Council see in Bitcoin and similar online-currencies?
2. Does the Federal Council see any reasons not to generally treat Bitcoin and comparable online-currencies like foreign currencies?
3. Which regulatory instruments does the Federal Council have to ensure legal certainty for Bitcoin and comparable online-currencies?
4. Should regulatory adjustments be necessary, what would the timeline of implemetation look like?

En av de drivande entusiasterna i Göteborg är Jonas Lihnell, som varje vecka samlar en grupp för att diskutera nästa steg i Bitcoinutvecklingen. De ingår också i ett nätverk av 200 000 "Bitcoingrävare" världen över, som låter specialtillverkade datorer göra avancerade matematiska beräkningar för att administrera överföringarna av Bitcoins mellan privatpersoner och företag. Som belöning får de nya Bitcoins och skapar på sätt den nya valutan.