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Topic: European bank accounts of exchanges are frozen - page 2. (Read 3619 times)

hero member
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It is still possible to send/receive money from/to europe, now without the cheap SEPA possibility it cost more fees - thats all.

you have to use the 'international wire' option at mtgox.

its a IBAN/SWIFT way, usually very fast (1-2 hours total on a businessday for my IBAN/SWIFT withdraws) but banking fees on both sides.

if you want to withdraw big money (>10.000 US$) its quite NO PROBLEM. Fees are together (both sides) about 45 US$.

You also can use intersango or bitmarket. I usually do my business at bitmarket when SEPA transfers are frozen at TradeHill/MtGox (which happens very often).

Note that we are mining at 4/5 blocks per hour so (theoretically) there are also less bitcoins coming into the market Smiley
legendary
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Re: European bank accounts of exchanges are frozen


“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”

 Mahatma Gandhi
sr. member
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HAHAHA ROFLCOPTER ROFLCOPTER.

I would love to see someone try to "Regulate" or "Tax" bitcoins.  Roll Eyes

Good luck keeping track of that ginoumous block chain! hahahaha bwaaaahahahaha.
zby
legendary
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4. Bitcoin will be regulated and legal - SilkRoad closes - price goes down

Oh man yeah  Huh Huh Huh

and what if they make the drugs illegal too  Huh Huh Huh

what will you smoke before you post?

Is it not clear that SR doesn't care about 'regulations'? Am I on drugs?

Maybe not on drugs - but apparently rather frustrated.  What happened?

Anyway - just use your imagination.
legendary
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4. Bitcoin will be regulated and legal - SilkRoad closes - price goes down

Oh man yeah  Huh Huh Huh

and what if they make the drugs illegal too  Huh Huh Huh

what will you smoke before you post?

Is it not clear that SR doesn't care about 'regulations'? Am I on drugs?

Well it's not entirely true they wouldn't care about regulations. The ban on drugs actually protects their niche.
If drugs are legalized in some of their markets, then legal competitors may provide the same service cheaper and more conveniently.

legendary
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Strength in numbers


4. Bitcoin will be regulated and legal - SilkRoad closes - price goes down

Oh man yeah  Huh Huh Huh

and what if they make the drugs illegal too  Huh Huh Huh

what will you smoke before you post?

Is it not clear that SR doesn't care about 'regulations'? Am I on drugs?
legendary
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Merit: 1002
No one is "responsible" for regulating Bitcoin, since any transaction could have happened anywhere on the world. Also, nobody really wants it regulated, apart maybe for taxation reasons. And those haven't proven a very good motivation for political change so far. I don't see a government putting all too much effort into that.

I guess a delay in the ability to buy BTC will mean what the speculators make out of it. If someone really wants to get BTC, he will find a way, and there's no real handle to deny the right to buy them.

BTW, I'm from Europe and this isn't the first time this happens. So far, Gox figured out a way to fix it somehow. If they don't, well, one more reason why fiat money systems are vastly inferior to Bitcoin.
legendary
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If you want to walk on water, get out of the boat
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1. Bitcoins become harder to buy - i.e. price goes up
Does not compute.
If less people buy bitcoins their price DROP.

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4. Bitcoin will be regulated and legal - SilkRoad closes - price goes down

How are the 2 things related? Even if some government make some laws about bitcoin, it will NOT change it. It will stay anonymous and free, no matter what. That's why it was created, to resist regulamentations attempt.  
legendary
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Link: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/were-under-attack-49664

Possibilities:

1. Bitcoins become harder to buy - i.e. price goes up

We're looking for more buyers to drive the price up.  Making bitcoins harder to buy can only make the price fall as liquidity disappears from the market, and those left holding bitcoins wonder if they can readily find a buyer in the near future.  It's only European accounts and not US, but still, it's a fair chunk of cash.
zby
legendary
Activity: 1594
Merit: 1001
Link: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/were-under-attack-49664

Possibilities:

1. Bitcoins become harder to buy - i.e. price goes up

2. Trust reduced - price goes down.

3. Bitcoin will be regulated and legal - more trust - price goes up

4. Bitcoin will be regulated and legal - SilkRoad closes - price goes down
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