It's not quite the same. The blockchain is literally created by the
miners (the part that actually is useful, the new blocks). The land
was always there.
Not sure how I feel about land tax, except that it seems eminently
more logical than the other forms of tax.
On 10/07/2014 07:19 PM, Thomas Hartman wrote:
> In some sense, couldn't the same argument be made for owning
> chunks of a blockchain, if bitcoin or something like it becomes a
> natural monopoly on transactional economic activity?
> 
> Force address registration on as many people as you can, and then 
> tax. Sometimes simple obvious plans work best.
> 
> On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 8:48 AM, Amir Taaki <genjix@???> 
> wrote:
>> Geolibertarians hold that all natural resources – most 
>> importantly land – are common assets to which all individuals 
>> have an equal right to access; therefore, individuals must pay 
>> rent to the community if they claim land as their private 
>> property. Rent need not be paid for the mere use of land, but 
>> only for the right to exclude others from that land, and for the 
>> protection of one's title by government.
>> 
>> Geolibertarians view the Land Value Tax as a single tax to 
>> replace all other methods of taxation, which are deemed unjust 
>> violations of the non-aggression principle.
>> 
>> A land value tax (or site valuation tax) is a levy on the 
>> unimproved value of land only. A land value tax (LVT) is 
>> different from other property taxes, which are taxes on the
>> whole value of real estate: the combination of land, buildings,
>> and improvements to the site.
>> 
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geolibertarianism
>> 
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_value_tax
>> 
>> 
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