Thoughts? We need to make bitcoin more anonymous - eg built in coins mixer protocol.
I couldn't agree more with your point of view. Buillt-in mixing is a must-have feature, if for no other reason than to improve fungibility.
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November 30, 2012, 10:47:37 AM
I couldn't agree more with your point of view. Buillt-in mixing is a must-have feature, if for no other reason than to improve fungibility.
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November 30, 2012, 02:42:31 AM
The source material is a press release from the US Dept. of Justice. But, yes, I do agree that the premise is absurd. Unfortunately that doesn't change the fact that it's the opinion of a US Attorney.
Yes. It could be a baseless claim from a US Attorney or a baseless claim by the Pope, baseless is baseless. It still smells like a skunk.
November 30, 2012, 01:56:31 AM
Also (and I just noticed this a few weeks ago) please notice that the case in question was heard before Judge Richard Voorhees.
Any relation to any Bitcoin users we know?
Any relation to any Bitcoin users we know?
November 30, 2012, 01:47:01 AM
While I like the idea of alternative currencies, the Liberty Dollar was not much different then just printing your own US dollars. They were pegged to the US dollar yet not backed up on a dollar for dollar basis. They were competing much more directly with the Dollar then bitcoin is.
What are you saying? You're just making things up. The Liberty Dollar wasn't pegged to the dollar. It was 100% backed by silver and gold.
I agree completely. My point was that not only are the source material's claims completely baseless but that the underlying premise is itself absurd.
The source material is a press release from the US Dept. of Justice. But, yes, I do agree that the premise is absurd. Unfortunately that doesn't change the fact that it's the opinion of a US Attorney.
November 30, 2012, 12:22:24 AM
The US cannot even keep drugs out of prisons and they are going to take out bitcoin?
I wouldn't say they've officially gone that route yet, this is just one of those silly articles that get posted up in order to make people jump to daft conclusions.
I agree completely. My point was that not only are the source material's claims completely baseless but that the underlying premise is itself absurd.
November 30, 2012, 12:06:51 AM
The US cannot even keep drugs out of prisons and they are going to take out bitcoin?
I wouldn't say they've officially gone that route yet, this is just one of those silly articles that get posted up in order to make people jump to daft conclusions.
November 29, 2012, 11:34:26 PM
http://www.libertariannews.org/2011/08/30/bitcoin-fbi-admits-to-engaging-in-infiltration-disruption-and-dismantling-of-competing-currencies/
Thoughts? We need to make bitcoin more anonymous - eg built in coins mixer protocol.
Thoughts? We need to make bitcoin more anonymous - eg built in coins mixer protocol.
While I like the idea of alternative currencies, the Liberty Dollar was not much different then just printing your own US dollars. They were pegged to the US dollar yet not backed up on a dollar for dollar basis. They were competing much more directly with the Dollar then bitcoin is.
November 29, 2012, 09:58:03 PM
The US cannot even keep drugs out of prisons and they are going to take out bitcoin?
November 29, 2012, 09:06:03 PM
Thoughts? We need to make bitcoin more anonymous - eg built in coins mixer protocol.
I couldn't agree more with your point of view. Buillt-in mixing is a must-have feature, if for no other reason than to improve fungibility.
November 29, 2012, 08:57:13 PM
Thoughts? We need to make bitcoin more anonymous - eg built in coins mixer protocol.
I couldn't agree more with your point of view. Buillt-in mixing is a must-have feature, if for no other reason than to improve fungibility.
November 29, 2012, 08:45:40 PM
FUD - hearsay - old news (spring 2011)
the links refer to liberty dollars which used the symbol $. the guy got found guilty for the simplified terms of counterfeiting the US dollar.
it has nothing to do with bitcoin nor does bitcoin come anywhere close to american counterfeit laws. i would highlight that the use of the thailand Baht symbol for bitcoin does put bitcoin into a sticky situation with thai authorities though.
although bitcoin never calls its coin a baht. so its less of a problem then the liberty Dollars had.
the links refer to liberty dollars which used the symbol $. the guy got found guilty for the simplified terms of counterfeiting the US dollar.
it has nothing to do with bitcoin nor does bitcoin come anywhere close to american counterfeit laws. i would highlight that the use of the thailand Baht symbol for bitcoin does put bitcoin into a sticky situation with thai authorities though.
although bitcoin never calls its coin a baht. so its less of a problem then the liberty Dollars had.
November 29, 2012, 07:57:03 PM
This is year old speculation based on the Liberty Dollar situation. The law they prosecuted Bernhard von Nothaus under doesn't apply to bitcoin at all. Since the time of this article, an FBI analysis concerning bitcoin has been leaked, and it is far from actively antagonistic.
All that being said, I agree that a larger degree of network hardening and redundant exchange mechanisms, etc. can only benefit bitcoin in the long run.
All that being said, I agree that a larger degree of network hardening and redundant exchange mechanisms, etc. can only benefit bitcoin in the long run.
November 29, 2012, 07:51:56 PM
http://www.libertariannews.org/2011/08/30/bitcoin-fbi-admits-to-engaging-in-infiltration-disruption-and-dismantling-of-competing-currencies/
Thoughts? We need to make bitcoin more anonymous - eg built in coins mixer protocol.
Thoughts? We need to make bitcoin more anonymous - eg built in coins mixer protocol.
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