> It's been over half a decade since that stopped mattering, for me.
It's certainly going to matter come tax season to businesses which are/will be forced to convert Monero to local fiat.
> I've bought goods and services directly with Monero plenty of times. I've paid invoices that the merchant put in Bitcoin, while using a third party to pay in Monero, which the third party then paid in Bitcoin.
US businesses and persons pay tax in income no matter what asset it was received in, and report capital gains or losses as well upon liquidation into another asset such as fiat
There is nothing unique about crypto or monero in that regard, what did you have in mind?
It's certainly going to matter come tax season to businesses which are/will be forced to convert Monero to local fiat.
> I've bought goods and services directly with Monero plenty of times. I've paid invoices that the merchant put in Bitcoin, while using a third party to pay in Monero, which the third party then paid in Bitcoin.
What exactly do you buy with Monero?