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Title: 2013-05-20 dailyreckoning - US Homeland Security Slaps Bitcoin Exchange
Post by: David M on May 20, 2013, 09:01:47 PM
http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/us-homeland-security-slaps-bitcoin-exchange/2013/05/20/


Title: Re: 2013-05-20 dailyreckoning - US Homeland Security Slaps Bitcoin Exchange
Post by: aigeezer on May 20, 2013, 09:50:12 PM
http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/us-homeland-security-slaps-bitcoin-exchange/2013/05/20/

Nice piece. Well worth reading, even if you think the DHS story is old news. DR has been BTC-friendly for a long time and still is. They "get it".

"Regardless of these interventions, your Bitcoins are yours, and no one can take them from you."
 


Title: Re: 2013-05-20 dailyreckoning - US Homeland Security Slaps Bitcoin Exchange
Post by: kiba on May 20, 2013, 09:58:54 PM
for a long time and still is. They "get it".

"Regardless of these interventions, your Bitcoins are yours, and no one can take them from you."
 


As long as they are not in an exchange's wallet...


Title: Re: 2013-05-20 dailyreckoning - US Homeland Security Slaps Bitcoin Exchange
Post by: k3t3r on May 20, 2013, 10:05:20 PM
Quote
... there is nothing that regulators can do to make code go away. No matter how many takedown orders they issue, no matter how many press conferences they hold, no matter how many owners of institutions they harass and hector, the information itself lives — like a song that can be sung by anyone.

...


worth reading just for this.  :)


Title: Re: 2013-05-20 dailyreckoning - US Homeland Security Slaps Bitcoin Exchange
Post by: aigeezer on May 20, 2013, 10:10:35 PM
for a long time and still is. They "get it".

"Regardless of these interventions, your Bitcoins are yours, and no one can take them from you."
 


As long as they are not in an exchange's wallet...

Ouch - touché     :-[


Title: Re: 2013-05-20 dailyreckoning - US Homeland Security Slaps Bitcoin Exchange
Post by: 1Peter on May 20, 2013, 10:18:13 PM
http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/us-homeland-security-slaps-bitcoin-exchange/2013/05/20/

Interesting, thanks..


Title: Re: 2013-05-20 dailyreckoning - US Homeland Security Slaps Bitcoin Exchange
Post by: majamalu on May 21, 2013, 03:51:02 AM
for a long time and still is. They "get it".

"Regardless of these interventions, your Bitcoins are yours, and no one can take them from you."
 


As long as they are not in an exchange's wallet...

Those are not yours.