You guy really need to read the senate testimony. Not one law enforcement agency or regulator blamed bitcoin the protocol for anything.
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knuckleheads...
did you see the task force?
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-09/13/digital-economy-task-force
Steve Rubley, managing director, Government Segment for the Legal business of Thomson Reuters points out that the digital economy provides a plethora of new opportunities and is central to how business is conducted but there are also "dark corners" where drug cartels can easily launder money and human sex traffickers operate in near obscurity.
this is pandering in the hope of being spared from harsh treatment. nothing good will come of this.
bitcoin is what it is: world changing technology.
the printing press fundamentally altered old power structures against their will. so too will bitcoin. we haven't even begun to explore the possibilities it brings. we don't need to ask permission. the market is here and won't be stopped. we need to be bold and brazen in how we nurture this early and exciting technology.
it is a tool of the black market. it will transform humanity for the better. government education begins and ends with those statements - nothing more. we don't need anything the legacy system has to offer. sooner or later, the people will come around as the pull of bitcoin will be too strong. from the ashes of a corrupted system rises a bold new paradigm for global humanity.