Where did you hear that?
Bitcoin is unregulated and anonymous which is why it's used by criminals. So I don't see how they're "taxing every transaction".
sooner or later a vast majority of people have to use a service to change a digital currency into actual cash. That leaves a trail. The IRS has deals with companies to track transactions and has won court cases to force exchanges to turn over info on thousands of accounts.
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