MINERS UNITE! Block the FBI coins. Do not fund violent underground organizations - page 3.

Hippie Tech

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Soo.. when they intervene .. its ok. When the people do it.. its disruptive.

I'm sure the Africans who conned, captured and sold their people to the slave traders, thought the same thing when someone with a conscience would have his/her say.

If/when the coins are blocked or taken back, the world WILL stand up and take notice of our small but significant victory.

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And as such.. cryptos will skyrocket. Wink

LostDutchman

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Quote from: BurtW on June 17, 2014, 05:47:02 PM

Quote from: LostDutchman on June 17, 2014, 01:47:08 PM

The OP and his ilk will [try to] destroy Bitcoin.

FIFY

Well, they will in any case certainly disrupt things for us all if they have even a small degree of success in this mindless endeavour.

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Quote from: LostDutchman on June 17, 2014, 01:47:08 PM

The OP and his ilk will [try to] destroy Bitcoin.

FIFY

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Quote from: RodeoX on June 17, 2014, 12:50:47 PM

"The FBI is a violent underground organization that stole from an innovative startup."

As much as I love that phrasing, blacklisting is a very bad idea. It was up to the innovative startup to protect their wallets with strong encryption and/or use cold wallets. They must have expected an encounter with that violent underground org sooner or later, no? But maybe they were consuming too much of their own products? Wink

LostDutchman

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Tell you what..................................

.....just send all your "dirty" Bitcoins to me.

I'll take care of them.

beetcoin

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this just reminds me of extremist factions fighting other extremist factions, with no chance for conflict resolution or peace.

LostDutchman

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The OP and his ilk will destroy Bitcoin.

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Quote from: RodeoX on June 17, 2014, 12:50:47 PM

"The FBI is a violent underground organization that stole from an innovative startup." - That is how you say it in bitcointalk-eze. If you translate it to English it reads...
"The FBI busted a drug dealer and took his money."

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"The FBI is a violent underground organization that stole from an innovative startup." - That is how you say it in bitcointalk-eze. If you translate it to English it reads...
"The FBI busted a drug dealer and took his money."

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Quote from: moriartybitcoin on June 17, 2014, 11:59:19 AM

I agree with the OP in principle, but in reality those FBI coins (stolen, robbed coins) are going into circulation one way or another ...

You should not agree with him...

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Quote from: Cicero2.0 on June 12, 2014, 07:54:49 PM

this idea seems like it would set a dangerous precedent. If people decide to start blocking coins doesn't that defeat the purpose of bitcoin?

This, never support the idea of blocking coins ever.

Just like the "if you are doing nothing wrong you have nothing to fear" bullshit. Be VERY afraid of who ever uses that line.. it is a fav of most dictators.

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I agree with the OP in principle, but in reality those FBI coins (stolen, robbed coins) are going into circulation one way or another ...

DooMAD

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Disappointing to see that over a quarter of the people in this forum still haven't got a clue about how decentralised currencies are supposed to work. The two possible correct answers are either 'NO', or simply not bothering to vote for an option at all because stupid poll is stupid.

Go and start your own Tardcoin that isn't fungible if you want to be able to block transactions and balances. You don't belong here.

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Quote from: ShakyhandsBTCer on June 16, 2014, 10:48:28 PM

Quote from: beetcoin on June 16, 2014, 07:34:13 PM

if we all block the FBI from making the transaction, wouldn't it make bitcoin more centralized that most people are wanting? doesn't that pose a dilemma then? while i don't like what the FBI has done, i think OP's proposal is a little extremist.

It would not make the Bitcoin network more centralized.

It would make it so that bitcoin would not be fungible. How it is now if you were to go to the marketplace section of the forums and offer to buy a couch (or another good) from a user for 1 BTC, they would accept your offer, you would send the 1 BTC and they would send the couch. It would not matter "which" BTC you sent as the 1 BTC that was sent is exactly the same as any other 1 BTC that any other person/entity has.

If you were to "block" the FBI bitcoin from being transferred/sold then each bitcoin could potentially have a different value. Even if the FBI coins are never sold, your 1 BTC may have a lessor value because they are somehow tainted with an address that is believed to have stolen coins in the past. You would have had absolutely nothing to do with the subject theft but would still suffer.

i'm not sure how your point relates to centralization not being an issue. what i see is this: people who don't like what the FBI is doing (and i am one of them), so they decide to group up and prevent the FBI from doing whatever it wants to do.. this is kind of like a political move too. if bitcoin were truly decentralized, you wouldn't be able to force your will upon them.

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Quote from: beetcoin on June 16, 2014, 07:34:13 PM

if we all block the FBI from making the transaction, wouldn't it make bitcoin more centralized that most people are wanting? doesn't that pose a dilemma then? while i don't like what the FBI has done, i think OP's proposal is a little extremist.

It would not make the Bitcoin network more centralized.

It would make it so that bitcoin would not be fungible. How it is now if you were to go to the marketplace section of the forums and offer to buy a couch (or another good) from a user for 1 BTC, they would accept your offer, you would send the 1 BTC and they would send the couch. It would not matter "which" BTC you sent as the 1 BTC that was sent is exactly the same as any other 1 BTC that any other person/entity has.

If you were to "block" the FBI bitcoin from being transferred/sold then each bitcoin could potentially have a different value. Even if the FBI coins are never sold, your 1 BTC may have a lessor value because they are somehow tainted with an address that is believed to have stolen coins in the past. You would have had absolutely nothing to do with the subject theft but would still suffer.

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Do those of you who wish to create "classes" of Bitcoins are going to ultimately be personally resonsible for the demise of that cryptocurrency?

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if we all block the FBI from making the transaction, wouldn't it make bitcoin more centralized that most people are wanting? doesn't that pose a dilemma then? while i don't like what the FBI has done, i think OP's proposal is a little extremist.

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Jeez way too many votes on yes and not sure... tsk tsk these forums are clearly getting too accessible, let's ask a 0.0001 btc for an account and see if this gets fixed.

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Quote from: niothor on June 16, 2014, 06:44:36 PM

Quote from: ShakyhandsBTCer on June 16, 2014, 06:30:19 PM

Quote from: niothor on June 16, 2014, 03:21:37 PM

Quote from: BruceFenton on June 15, 2014, 08:36:39 AM

Sad that more than 17% of people don't understand that the whole point of Bitcoin is that it is fungible and DOES NOT GET BLOCKED.

This is a terrible precedent.

Seems like the number of people who don't get it is growing :

Yes, block the coins! - 27 (20.5%).
If they aren't trolling , It's not a good sign.

The last wave of adopters seems to have brought a few extremists with it.

You should note that this is only 27 people. The other choices are really not much better then "yes, block the coins"

This is certainly not a scientific poll.

We had the same kind of poll last time when the fbi seized the coins.
That time there were also a lot of people who asked for the pools to block the transactions from the fbi address and to make the coins un spendable.

I thought people have learned that time that it will hurt much more bitcoin than the government.
Seems like I was wrong.

27 votes again out of 130 it's a bit too much from my point o view.

You don't know "who" is casing these votes. I would say that most of these people who are voting this way do not have a true understanding of Bitcoin

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Quote from: ShakyhandsBTCer on June 16, 2014, 06:30:19 PM

Quote from: niothor on June 16, 2014, 03:21:37 PM

Quote from: BruceFenton on June 15, 2014, 08:36:39 AM

Sad that more than 17% of people don't understand that the whole point of Bitcoin is that it is fungible and DOES NOT GET BLOCKED.

This is a terrible precedent.

Seems like the number of people who don't get it is growing :

Yes, block the coins! - 27 (20.5%).
If they aren't trolling , It's not a good sign.

The last wave of adopters seems to have brought a few extremists with it.

You should note that this is only 27 people. The other choices are really not much better then "yes, block the coins"

This is certainly not a scientific poll.

We had the same kind of poll last time when the fbi seized the coins.
That time there were also a lot of people who asked for the pools to block the transactions from the fbi address and to make the coins un spendable.

I thought people have learned that time that it will hurt much more bitcoin than the government.
Seems like I was wrong.

27 votes again out of 130 it's a bit too much from my point o view.

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