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		schrodinger on Dec 20, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Buy, sell, send and receive Bitcoin Cash on Coinba... Hmm, are you sure? I thought that if you held bitcoin for over a year, it would be taxed as capital gains? Meaning you don't realize the value until you sell it?

IanCal on Dec 20, 2017 [–]

I think the key difference is that the initial value is not gains, it's much more like income.

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