Oh, I didn't mean to sound offensive. Sorry for that. I think if your definition of communism is that - everyone is free to join or leave anytime they want - everyone is free to use "it" however they want - people that provide value (e.g. mining) get rewarded with proportional buying power and can spend it on whatever they want - it can't be subverted/changed by a single "leader"/committee - it doesn't split people into two classes of "good" and "bad" Then yes, according to this definition Bitcoin would be communist. I spent couple years living under communism and I would definitely NOT use this definition.