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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