美国法律公司接受比特币支付 合法化的第一步

日前，小编在美国Coindesk媒体上发现，目前已经有律师事务所开始接受比特币的支付，这意味着比特币已经初步得到了法律人士的支持，比特币想要寻求一个完全合法的地位，首先必须要得到法律人士的认可和支持，只有在法律界获得了支持，电子货币在进行法律定义时，才能有更多的优势，因此，这个法律公司接受比特币支付，是比特币在合法化道路上相对来说比较关键的一步。

以下为原文翻译：

Manhattan law firm Nesenoff & Miltenberg LLP is now offering its clients the opportunity to pay their fees in bitcoin.
 
位于美国曼哈顿的法律咨询公司“尼森尔夫和密尔滕贝格”有限责任公司，日前正在开放接受顾客给他们支付的比特币作为劳务费用。
 
Marco Santori, senior associate at the firm, said a few of his clients asked whether they could pay using the digital currency, so the company looked at how they could work it into their bookkeeping.
 
该公司的一名高级法律顾问马克-塞德里说，他们公司的一些顾客咨询他们是否可以使用电子货币进行劳务费用的支付，因此公司曾对电子货币如何收费和记账进行了研究。
 
“It’s our aim to provide our clients with the flexibility to pay us in their chosen form of currency, and it should come as no surprise that clients in the digital currency space often prefer to transact in digital currency.”
 
他还说：“为客户提供灵活选择货币的支付方式是我们的目标，这并不奇怪，经常活跃在电子货币领域的顾客倾向于使用电子货币进行支付。”
 
He went on to say that the company also wanted to adopt the ‘practice what you preach’ mentality – it represents bitcoin companies, so it made sense to show some allegiance to the currency.
 
他说，公司希望把“言行一致”作为公司的基本信念，这是比特币公司们的代表，所以公司会比较支持电子货币。
 
“We represent clients in the three market segments of the digital currency space, so that’s those involved in payments, mining and businesses that see bitcoin as an investment vehicle,” Santori added.
 
“我们的代表客户，主要分布在3个电子货币领域：电子货币支付、挖矿以及投资比特币的企业”，塞德里说道。
 
He admits part of the reason he has done so much work for businesses in the digital currency space is because there isn’t a lot of competition out there.
 
塞德里承认，他为电子货币企业进行了非常多的工作和服务，部分原因是因为在这个领域内没有很大的竞争。
 
“There really aren’t a lot of other lawyers who’ve dedicated time, resources and brainpower to figuring out a lot of these complex bitcoin and digital currency problems.”
 
“事实上，不会有很多其它的律师有足够专注的时间、才能和智慧，去弄明白很多比特币和电子货币的复杂问题。”
 
This could change over the coming months, though, with an increase in bitcoin companies seeking legal advice as governments start to take a closer look at which, if any, laws and regulations apply to the space
 
未来的几个月，这样的局面可能会改变，但即使改变，随着（在政府对比特币更加关注以后），将会越来越多的比特币企业寻求法律咨询，是否有法律和章程适用于这个领域（电子货币领域）。

转自btc38.com