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Quote from: jed on May 12, 2011, 08:38:18 AM

It isn't impossible at all. It is just expensive. You would have to get VC money. You basically need to do what dwolla, paypal, paysimple, etc etc all do.

Actually .. with the possible exception of Dwolla (I don't know anything about them) the rest will all lock/cancel your account for violation of terms (made up or not) .. so yes .. it is impossible in the general North America area.

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It isn't impossible at all. It is just expensive. You would have to get VC money. You basically need to do what dwolla, paypal, paysimple, etc etc all do.

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If you are a US company, operating a US exchange then there is an incredible amount of laws that you must abide by that makes it near impossible due to the huge initial expense.

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In fact opening a Bitcoin exchange in the USA (legal) is near impossible.

Bullshit.

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Quote from: Steve on May 11, 2011, 11:19:31 PM

I just watched a portion of the interview again...genjix, you referred to mtgox.com as an "illegitimate exchange" ...I don't think mtgox.com is illegitimate at all. I am a customer of mtgox and have not had any problems (and indeed I think MagicalTux is working extremely hard to make the exchange even better). The only thing that might be illegitimate is a government that would try and shut down such an exchange. Also, I do not believe mtgox.com is in any violation of US laws, so I'm not sure where you would conclude that it is illegitimate in any regard. If you can point to some law that mtgox is in violation of, I'm willing to be corrected (btw, there are plenty of other exchanges trading in various other goods and digital currencies). I'm sure it was probably an off the cuff statement that you didn't give much thought to, but words have meaning and in a setting like that, it could be very damaging.

+1 agreed

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I just watched a portion of the interview again...genjix, you referred to mtgox.com as an "illegitimate exchange" ...I don't think mtgox.com is illegitimate at all. I am a customer of mtgox and have not had any problems (and indeed I think MagicalTux is working extremely hard to make the exchange even better). The only thing that might be illegitimate is a government that would try and shut down such an exchange. Also, I do not believe mtgox.com is in any violation of US laws, so I'm not sure where you would conclude that it is illegitimate in any regard. If you can point to some law that mtgox is in violation of, I'm willing to be corrected (btw, there are plenty of other exchanges trading in various other goods and digital currencies). I'm sure it was probably an off the cuff statement that you didn't give much thought to, but words have meaning and in a setting like that, it could be very damaging.

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This was great, I really enjoyed it, thanks guys.

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Quote from: mewantsbitcoins on May 11, 2011, 03:48:48 PM

Quote from: The Script on May 11, 2011, 09:55:02 AM

Quote from: genjix on May 11, 2011, 06:25:50 AM

HAHAHA so true.

Genjix, where are you from?

Mate, have you ever been to London? I'd even hazard a guess he grew in east London

No, I haven't. Never been to Europe. Some day.

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Eadem mutata resurgo

It was a good interview. Calacinus is pretty switched on as far as media guys go (hadn't heard him before), the "humble indy bundle" threw him for a wobbly Cheesy

Would be interested to hear more from both Gavin and Genjix, different takes ... more interviews to come from I hope.

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Quote from: The Script on May 11, 2011, 09:55:02 AM

Quote from: genjix on May 11, 2011, 06:25:50 AM

HAHAHA so true.

Genjix, where are you from?

Mate, have you ever been to London? I'd even hazard a guess he grew in east London

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The show could have been very good if the hosts would have moderated the discussion so that Gavin had a chance to speak. Genjix is very good at building excitement -- we just need Gavin to balance that out with some reality.

Gavin interrupted more than I would have been able to... I hate these kinds of situations.

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the lyrics of the theme music are very apt in a way for bitcoin when I listened back. Starts around 30s in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwNfBgwbqng

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Quote from: genjix on May 11, 2011, 06:25:50 AM

HAHAHA so true.

Genjix, where are you from?

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You guys were both great and complemented each other very well! Congrats!

Its on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwNfBgwbqng

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HAHAHA so true.

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Quote from: carbonpenguin on May 10, 2011, 11:29:47 PM

That's a damn sexy shirt Gavin was wearing - just sayin' Grin

I saw a comment from someone who didn't know the participants. The comment asked "Who's the Star Trek guy and who's the Terrorist?"

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Really great show guys.

I'm half way through it right now.

Very informative and interesting points.

Did Gavin mention that all 21 million BTC will be released over the next 140 years earlier in the video? Maybe 5-10 minutes in? Perhaps I simply heard wrong...

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watchable now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwNfBgwbqng

Quote from: Gavin Andresen on May 10, 2011, 04:31:07 PM

I shoulda butted in, I think I'm too polite to be on a show with Jason Calacanis...

Quote from: genjix on May 10, 2011, 04:49:48 PM

Yeah, perhaps I did get a little bit excited.

As others said, I enjoyed the show.
I also liked the fact that you both answered about the multiple sides of Bitcoin.

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Quote from: ribuck on May 10, 2011, 03:52:37 PM

The guy on the right is Genjix.

I read this before watching the show. When it came on and they introduced "Amir Taaki" I was wondering who the hell that was and where Genjix was. It me half a second to realize that "Genjix" would not actually be his real name.... Tongue

Where is he from? There's a British accent mixed in with something else.

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That's a damn sexy shirt Gavin was wearing - just sayin' Grin

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