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So you know that US accounts of MtGox were seized by Homeland Security. It is just first step towards....what you think? What comes in the future?

hahaha, Is it true? The next step is Obama to bye same BTC

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now also Liberty Reserve is closed... check out:
http://bitcoinmagazine.com/liberty-reserve-shut-down-for-money-laundering/

YES it is true...here is the link

http://www.vice.com/read/the-feds-just-seized-funds-from-the-largest-bitcoin-exchange

i see future like this: we are sending demands to banks and governemts to force them to accept bitcoin and allow us to buy, sell or even store them in some cases at banks. And they have no other choice than to accept this.

bitcryptonit...u r fool, sorry...once there will be banks involved, btc will be doomed

i think its the only way for them to survive, besides whats wrong in buying bitcoin from bank when they will send them to you? they will take they fee for sure but as mtgox and others.

what about using btc independently without any connection to money?  ;)

I've already thought a way round this kind of regulation and government activity actually, instead of buying the paper money direct, people could trade BTC for gold/silver instead and then sell that legally on the market without them any the wiser, if you were clever enough you could even wait for the paper value of the gold/silver to rise and get more for your money.

the gold/silver is a option...but independence is the biggest advantage

Definitely, but utility companies and such unfortunately don't accept Bitcoin yet :(

and we do not know yet how will increasing amount of BTC will affect its value

but there will be more and more companies accepting them soon, so let´s wait....

there is only one way to go: up. maybe not all the time, but i would say mostly yes

We must be patient and steady to survive FED, Homeland Security raids etc....

Any new infoz about MtGox seizure???

It is too quiet about this issue? What if the btc will be banned? Shouldn´t we do something to be safe?

Banned how? Many banks already block all kinds of bitcoin trading, thats one reason why we should NOT use bank accounts. Use the Bitcoin infrastructure - avoid banks!

Im more worried they will target companies based in us that deal in bitcoin or bitcoin minning only. Its why i havent invested in any company based in the US.

Probably right; in the US the $ (USD) is like a holy grail, other than f.i. the € in the EU. Challenging the holy grail is a sacrilege!

only in america  ;)

This is it. We do not need connection to real banks. We need own bit bank with account, cards, etc.

They funds they seized were from dwolla users. I think it was because dwolla didn't have all the necessary permits of a US financial institution. I believe they are working on that though. Mtgox is chillin  8)

and it is gonna be harder in the future. Gov and Fed will supress any alter currency or try to connect them with banking system.