petition: official currency code for Bitcoin (BTC?)

[Daniel Pocock]

On 12/11/12 10:14, Timo Juhani Lindfors wrote:
> Daniel Pocock <daniel at pocock.com.au> writes:
>> It would be interesting to know the FSF Europe position with respect to
>> Bitcoin - can anyone comment?  Has there been any initiative in any
>> European country to have Bitcoin recognised or to confirm its legal
>> status?
> 
> I'm bit puzzled, what has bitcoin to do with FSFE?

A few things:

- the software is open and free

- the concept is conducive to distributed e-commerce, service orientated
business models - which is probably a good thing for free software
developers who want some independence from traditional hierarchy

- people seem to be crying out for a clarification of the legal and
policy issues - and as usual, vested interests are creating FUD that
needs to have a balanced response