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Topic: 2013-05-20 dailyreckoning - US Homeland Security Slaps Bitcoin Exchange (Read 875 times)

legendary
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for a long time and still is. They "get it".

"Regardless of these interventions, your Bitcoins are yours, and no one can take them from you."
 


As long as they are not in an exchange's wallet...

Those are not yours.
legendary
Activity: 1450
Merit: 1013
Cryptanalyst castrated by his government, 1952
for a long time and still is. They "get it".

"Regardless of these interventions, your Bitcoins are yours, and no one can take them from you."
 


As long as they are not in an exchange's wallet...

Ouch - touché     Embarrassed
full member
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... there is nothing that regulators can do to make code go away. No matter how many takedown orders they issue, no matter how many press conferences they hold, no matter how many owners of institutions they harass and hector, the information itself lives — like a song that can be sung by anyone.

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worth reading just for this.  Smiley
legendary
Activity: 980
Merit: 1020
for a long time and still is. They "get it".

"Regardless of these interventions, your Bitcoins are yours, and no one can take them from you."
 


As long as they are not in an exchange's wallet...
legendary
Activity: 1450
Merit: 1013
Cryptanalyst castrated by his government, 1952

Nice piece. Well worth reading, even if you think the DHS story is old news. DR has been BTC-friendly for a long time and still is. They "get it".

"Regardless of these interventions, your Bitcoins are yours, and no one can take them from you."
 
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