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Topic: Some conspiracy theories.... (Read 1236 times)

legendary
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July 31, 2011, 12:40:20 PM
#9
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It strikes me that the enemies of Bitcoin, so far, could rest on their heels and allow incompetence, naivety, exhaustion, etc to do the job.  Occam's razor suggests to me that factors such as these are responsible for the most severe issues...so far.


That's Hanlon's razor, not Occam's razor.

Well...sorta...but one of the things I neither detect nor would suspect of the entrepreneurs involved in the Bitcoin world at this time would be 'stupidity'.  OTOH, very bright people do stupid things under various conditions.  So I'll agree.
legendary
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July 31, 2011, 11:49:46 AM
#8
If some certain You-Know-Who organizations/established institutions want to destroy the Bitcoin, shouldn't the most effective approach be......taking out its biggest exchange??

I love conspiracy theories (or hypothesis which almost all are in my mind), but...

It strikes me that the enemies of Bitcoin, so far, could rest on their heels and allow incompetence, naivety, exhaustion, etc to do the job.  Occam's razor suggests to me that factors such as these are responsible for the most severe issues...so far.


That's Hanlon's razor, not Occam's razor.
hero member
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July 31, 2011, 11:48:22 AM
#7
It strikes me that the enemies of Bitcoin, so far, could rest on their heels and allow incompetence, naivety, exhaustion, etc to do the job.  Occam's razor suggests to me that factors such as these are responsible for the most severe issues...so far.
Bitcoin users will continue to do themselves in until smarter (obviously not book smart, we have enough fo those) people come in and start playing the BTC game.
legendary
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July 31, 2011, 11:45:10 AM
#6
If some certain You-Know-Who organizations/established institutions want to destroy the Bitcoin, shouldn't the most effective approach be......taking out its biggest exchange??

I love conspiracy theories (or hypothesis which almost all are in my mind), but...

It strikes me that the enemies of Bitcoin, so far, could rest on their heels and allow incompetence, naivety, exhaustion, etc to do the job.  Occam's razor suggests to me that factors such as these are responsible for the most severe issues...so far.
legendary
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Merit: 1001
July 31, 2011, 10:15:54 AM
#5
Anyhow, another polish exchanger had a wallet.dat dissappearing problem too today  Wink

Fools, the only way not to loose it is to use a payment processor, like Mybitcoin, to store their funds... oh... wait...

Well, I wasn't referring to online wallet services. I meant http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/j4t58/3rd_largest_bitcoin_exchange_has_lost_its/

*palmface* That was a joke.
legendary
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Away on an extended break
July 31, 2011, 10:10:43 AM
#4
Anyhow, another polish exchanger had a wallet.dat dissappearing problem too today  Wink

Fools, the only way not to loose it is to use a payment processor, like Mybitcoin, to store their funds... oh... wait...

Well, I wasn't referring to online wallet services. I meant http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/j4t58/3rd_largest_bitcoin_exchange_has_lost_its/
legendary
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July 31, 2011, 10:05:58 AM
#3
Anyhow, another polish exchanger had a wallet.dat dissappearing problem too today  Wink

Fools, the only way not to loose it is to use a payment processor, like Mybitcoin, to store their funds... oh... wait...
legendary
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Away on an extended break
July 31, 2011, 09:44:03 AM
#2
Like what they did last month? Roll Eyes
Anyhow, another polish exchanger had a wallet.dat dissappearing problem too today  Wink
hero member
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July 31, 2011, 09:34:23 AM
#1
If some certain You-Know-Who organizations/established institutions want to destroy the Bitcoin, shouldn't the most effective approach be......taking out its biggest exchange??
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