This seems like a remarkably easy way for governments to raise revenue without directly harming their citizens. Not all 193 sovereign countries in the world can (or would want to) implement such a tax. But, I can imagine that there are dozens of countries that are going to view this new approach to taxation as the easiest money they've ever confiscated.
This was posted yesterday with a great discussion going....<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19294213" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19294213</a>