Bitcoin press hits, notable sources - page 29.

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Let's talk governance, lipstick, and pigs.

Quote from: julz on October 27, 2011, 06:39:06 PM

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Bitcoin Can't Be Free from the Powers That Be, Because It Rides on Rails That They Control

Wagner James Au
2011-10-27

http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2011/10/bitcoin-cant-be-free.html

Bitcoin, the innovative virtual currency, may be a good idea for many reasons, but as it's currently conceived, it cannot really be free from corporate and state control. That's my strong belief after recently talking to Bill Maurer, Professor of Anthropology and Law at UC Irvine, whose specialty is money.
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"t's not that they could easily pull the plug on the whole thing," he tells me, "just that they could easily stop the cash-in, cash-out side of Bitcoin, and effectively stop the flow of value into the system."

There's an app for that.

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Bitcoin Can't Be Free from the Powers That Be, Because It Rides on Rails That They Control

Wagner James Au
2011-10-27

http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2011/10/bitcoin-cant-be-free.html

Bitcoin, the innovative virtual currency, may be a good idea for many reasons, but as it's currently conceived, it cannot really be free from corporate and state control. That's my strong belief after recently talking to Bill Maurer, Professor of Anthropology and Law at UC Irvine, whose specialty is money.
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"t's not that they could easily pull the plug on the whole thing," he tells me, "just that they could easily stop the cash-in, cash-out side of Bitcoin, and effectively stop the flow of value into the system."

julz

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Can Casascius (Physical) Bitcoins Actually Spurn Legality?

Kit Dotson
2011-10-27

http://siliconangle.com/blog/2011/10/27/can-casascius-physical-bitcoins-actually-spurn-legality/

"The Casascius Bitcoin is just an interesting token of love connected to the Bitcoin market and has as little chance of running afoul of US law as much as any coin-like token redeemable for specific product or service might be."

netrin

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"first they ignore you, then they laugh about you, then they fight you, then you win" recalls the Victor,

but many more forgotten Losers failed at each comma,

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Quote from: jimbobway on October 26, 2011, 07:49:11 PM

Quote from: k on October 26, 2011, 07:41:06 PM

Dvorak again.

http://www.groovypost.com/groovycast/x3-with-john-c-dvorak/bitcoin-dropbox-discussion/

That was pretty brutal to watch.

I only managed to endure the first 3 minutes. Oooouch. It sure seems stupid people giggle a lot.

EDIT: this sure fits, too: "first they ignore you, then they laugh about you, then they fight you, then you win".

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Quote from: k on October 26, 2011, 07:41:06 PM

Dvorak again.

http://www.groovypost.com/groovycast/x3-with-john-c-dvorak/bitcoin-dropbox-discussion/

That was pretty brutal to watch.

k

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Dvorak again.

http://www.groovypost.com/groovycast/x3-with-john-c-dvorak/bitcoin-dropbox-discussion/

wareen

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Revolutionizing Brokerage of Personal Data

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Gavin Andersen, lead developer of Bitcoin

There he is again! I'm wondering what the real Gavin has to say about this imposter giving interviews Wink

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The Leonard Lopate Show

All About Bitcoin
2011-10-26

http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/2011/oct/26/all-about-bitcoin/

Gavin Andersen, lead developer of Bitcoin, an experimental digital currency launched in 2009, and Dennis England, who owns Sugar Wedding Cakes and accepts Bitcoin, discuss how it works, the history of digital currencies, and how it compares to traditional currencies.

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Quote from: k on October 25, 2011, 07:11:37 PM

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Are physical Bitcoins legal?
by Eric Mack October 25, 2011 3:51 PM PDT

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20125470-1/are-physical-bitcoins-legal/

My response to this: http://www.bitcoinblogger.com/2011/10/bitcoin-popular-target-for-fud-fear.html

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This chinese article looks like a spinoff from the cnet article on whether casascius coins are legal or not.
This strikes me as sheer journalistic speculation. No legal sources are cited.

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Bitcoin start their own coinage may violate U.S. law

2011-10-26
source: Sohu

http://news.jinghua.cn/352/c/201110/26/n3511910.shtml

http://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&u=http://news.jinghua.cn/352/c/201110/26/n3511910.shtml&ei=T8OnTtKeFouimQWo-cWfDw&sa=X&oi=translate

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Quote from: payb.tc on October 25, 2011, 04:26:57 AM

Quote from: slothbag on October 25, 2011, 03:57:26 AM

Bitcoin got a brief mention on Australia's national youth radio station TripleJ during the Hack half hour this afternoon. They were talking about Wikileaks payment blockade and alternative means of donating.

you can listen to it or download the mp3 of it here: http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hack/stories/s3347881.htm

if you just want to hear the 'bitcoin' sound bite, skip to about 2:40.

I've added the following to my Facebook profile:

"Banks have blocked finances to WikiLeaks. Donations are not illegal. Freedom of Speech is not yet illegal. Contact me if you want help donating to WikiLeaks."

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Are physical Bitcoins legal?
by Eric Mack October 25, 2011 3:51 PM PDT

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20125470-1/are-physical-bitcoins-legal/

Alphonso Bedoya

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Bicoins discussed as payment method in the /. comments.

http://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/10/24/1419239/wikileaks-suspends-publishing-of-cables-due-to-financial-blockade

Andrew Vorobyov

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http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/24/the-business-of-bitcoin-entrepreneurs-see-opportunities-in-alternative-currencies

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Quote from: slothbag on October 25, 2011, 03:57:26 AM

Bitcoin got a brief mention on Australia's national youth radio station TripleJ during the Hack half hour this afternoon. They were talking about Wikileaks payment blockade and alternative means of donating.

you can listen to it or download the mp3 of it here: http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hack/stories/s3347881.htm

if you just want to hear the 'bitcoin' sound bite, skip to about 2:40.

slothbag

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Bitcoin got a brief mention on Australia's national youth radio station TripleJ during the Hack half hour this afternoon. They were talking about Wikileaks payment blockade and alternative means of donating.

Bigpiggy01

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Silk Road is "back" in the news.

http://www.newser.com/story/131760/silk-road-the-internets-black-market.html

julz

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Is Bitcoin the future of money … or are we smoking dope?

2011-20-24

http://thefinanser.co.uk/fsclub/2011/10/is-bitcoin-the-future-of-money-or-are-we-smoking-dope.html

Postnote 1:

We will be having a meeting focused upon virtual currencies including Bitcoin and Ven Currency at the Financial Services Club on 25th January 2012, as well as a seperate debate about the Future of Cash in Q1.

julz

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Bitcoin is Not Dead (Again) Part II

Kit Dotson
2011-10-24

http://siliconangle.com/blog/2011/10/24/bitcoin-is-not-dead-again-part-ii/

"...in spite of people repeatedly calling out the currency as having failed in the past, nobody has ever successfully argued why it had died (and obviously it didn’t)"

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