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Topic: Trust No One - page 74. (Read 161312 times)

newbie
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October 24, 2012, 12:56:29 PM
The fact that one cannot trust anyone else with holding their bitcoins (at least, in my mind, to the extent that anyone would entrust another individual to hold his/her cash) is used all the time by the opposition to BTC.

This (like most [if not all] arguments against BTC) posed by the haters is used as supposed ammunition to the detriment of BTC's legitimacy.

This is incorrect logic; it is a fallacy, and this is why:  The very fact that one cannot trust another to hold his/her BTC, proves that BTC has at least the same demand among those who would use it for goods / services as does cash.

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And these same people trust banks to hold their FRN's (Federal Reserve Notes...).  I get e-mails weekly about bank failures.  Sure, we got the FDIC to keep things going, but that's just another level to mistrust.
newbie
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October 24, 2012, 12:49:11 PM
I'm ultraparanoid. It should be my username...


A favourite quote of mine from a legal discussion forum I used to frequent...

If you're not paranoid, you're not paying attention.
newbie
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October 24, 2012, 12:46:52 PM
I don't even trust my bank to hold my FRN's securely.  I rarely keep more than 200 in my account.  It is there for direct deposit payments, which get withdrawn as rapidly as possible.  Cash in safe is as secure as FRN's can be...I'm just now looking at Bitcoin as an alternative, and will be dabbling with "losable" quantities at first, once I understand the technology sufficiently to delve into it.  I wasn't even aware of Bitcoin until two days ago...
hero member
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October 23, 2012, 05:39:01 PM
Read the whole thread, very good points for a beginner.

Thank you kustaava
newbie
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October 23, 2012, 12:29:12 PM
Good Info, Thanks!
hero member
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October 22, 2012, 08:18:12 PM
cool stuff
newbie
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October 22, 2012, 04:04:06 PM
I personally use BTCJam as my middle man as it seems to be well established. i would recommend only dealing with either established people or using established middlemen if your going to do trades or loans.

But dont trust me, use your own head and personal judgement.
newbie
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October 22, 2012, 01:09:57 PM
I will be careful.
newbie
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October 22, 2012, 12:41:23 PM
Well I guess I should've read this post before I got scammed out of $1200 a few days ago.  I've done a handful of trades before, usually with the same guy but this time I got impatient and traded with this guy named. Jermainé.  I already sent the money vie dwolla for a mtgox code....is there anything I can do?
newbie
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October 22, 2012, 09:01:42 AM
Hey, who is this Pirate guy I keep hearing about? Should I invest with him?
newbie
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October 21, 2012, 07:35:05 AM
Thanks for the heads up buddy, i will definitely be more cautious now.
newbie
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October 20, 2012, 04:54:11 PM
@izacster : hahah nice one...  Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy


but going bk to the original point... we do have to trust SOMEONE in the whole BTC process...?

i mean which exchanges or processes seem to be the most reliable atm.>??

problem is its all such a (relative to other currencies) new thing.... only time will tell what restrictions will come into play or what steps LEO will implement to make everything less anonymous...?
newbie
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October 20, 2012, 02:42:06 PM
thanks for the info
full member
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October 19, 2012, 11:38:02 PM
Send me your bitcoins... I can photocopy them for you.
newbie
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October 19, 2012, 09:04:11 PM
Very very true, you come to see very quickly the number of shady people on the internet.
newbie
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October 19, 2012, 08:16:40 PM
I think this applies to anything really

Thanks for the advice  Smiley
newbie
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October 18, 2012, 01:50:44 PM
I don't get it. Don't all these rules apply for *any* currency?
What's bitcoin specific here?
newbie
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October 18, 2012, 12:57:52 PM
Its a bad, bad world, init? So sad.
newbie
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October 18, 2012, 06:34:26 AM
Read the whole thread, very good points for a beginner.
hero member
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October 17, 2012, 04:10:26 PM
does anyone have exactly 212 posts?
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