“In Iceland, people liked to build their own houses at the time, but they couldn’t put the money they were saving to build their homes into the bank, because it disappeared. Somebody had the idea to buy certificates in building materials in advance, and those certificates were denominated in cubic metres of concrete. It became very popular on payday, and our company would issue the certificates. One day the company got a call from the inland revenue asking if we had issued these vouchers. We confirmed it, but asked why they wanted to know. The official said somebody was trying to use the vouchers to pay his taxes.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jul/07/how-would-you-like-to-pay-bitcoin
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