Yes, you can deposit cash directly at a bank and get your BTC, just use this service:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=237164.0

I have been asked to do an interview for a TV station in Denver.

As part of the segment they would like to show a local Bitcoin mining operation.

It does not have to be huge.  They can get video of huge operations online.  They are looking for a small/medium local miner.

If you are interested in having your mining operation shown on TV and live in the Denver area please contact me.

I do not know if it would involve and interview or not.  I assume you could be shown or not, name shown or not, all up to you.

I think that is the answer to your question.

From what I understand you cannot.  You have to earn it.  I can insert an avatar, there is an option in my profile.

Hmmmm... maybe I should do that.

Sure, I can save you the click.  All three talks will be basically the same.  Copy/Pasted from Colorado Bitcoin Society above:

This is also interesting:


Is this the link to the CIA forum?

Do you work for the CIA?  Where is this CIA forum you used?

He only has two posts, this one and a deleted one, it would also be interesting to see his deleted post.

No donations to his "cause" yet either:

https://blockchain.info/address/16aUA68RwMBzznqczK6QJvKEoByPSCQLWM

This also interested me.

Please explain how you filed a complaint with the CIA.

Have you written a BIP?

I run BOTH, that is how I handled the choice.

Not only have I been to a couple meetup in my area I volunteered to be a speaker at an upcoming Denver meetup and I just joined the new Boulder area meetup.

Colorado Bitcoin Society Monthly Meetup
Monday, September 14, 2015
6:00 PM
Southern Hospitality, 1433 17th Street, Denver
Colorado Bitcoin Society

My full speaking schedule is here:

http://www.burtw.com/speaking-schedule--new-.html

See.. drama around the next block subsidy halving has already started. 

Bitcoin mixing is necessary to preserve the fungibility of the system.  Without mixing Bitcoin will deteriorate from a fungible currency type thing to a collectible graded coin type thing.

It is an unfortunate fact/flaw in the design of the Bitcoin protocol that automatic mixing of transactions in every block was not designed in from day one.

So, everyone that cares about Bitcoin should mix their coins as often as they can afford to.

What the hell is everyone's deal?  If there is a true blockchain split and you play your cards right you get coins on both branches!  If you have 100 coins before the split you get 100 "Bitcoins" and 100 "XT Bitcoins"

No problem.  In fact I am running both full nodes and both wallets so I can double my coins if that happens.

I actually believe that any split will be temporary.   But it is fun to dream.

Yes, this is my philosophy also.  

There has always been drama to blame the ups and downs on.  This time it is OMG/XT/Hern/GAVIN/The Sky is Falling/FORK.  Just another day in Bitcoinland for as far back as I can remember.  You noobs missed the first block subsidy halving.  Stick around for all the drama at the next subsidy halving - that will be fun.

Craps, playing the pass and come (or don't pass don't come) line only [no center bets ever] with maximum odds placed on a 10X odd table is mathematically the bet bet in the casino.  Period.

Unless you can count cards at a fair single or double deck blackjack table.

Slot machines are probably one of the worst bets.

Their motivation for spending all the time, energy, money to follow me, go to the grand jury, indict me, arrest me, etc. instead of just sending me a fucking one page cease and desist letter is one thing we can try to guess at.  My guess is that Aaron got it in his head that I was another Dread Pirate Roberts level cyber criminal and want the bust for his resume.  Even when all the evidence, or more specifically the lack of any real evidence, did not support his narrative he just doubled down, went for the search warrants and hoped for the best.  All conjecture on my part.

The legal justification for all of this is that they claim I was running an unlicensed money transmittal business end of story.  If someone runs an unlicensed money transmittal business then the law kicks in and they can do everything they just did to me.

Was I running a business?  There is no written guidance or law as far as I can tell.  We did not go to trial so the decider of "fact and circumstance" - the jury - did not decide this question.

You could go get a license from FinCEN before you set up to trade on localbitcoins.com - that is an option.  I believe it is free.  Then you would, of course, have to check and see if you also need a state license which sometimes does cost money.

Then:

You would need to read up on and abide by all KYC/AML, banking, reporting, etc regulations that any money transmitter is bound by law to do  - and there are a lot of them from what I understand.  So yes, you probably would be required, as a business with a money transmittal license, to gather all the KYC info on every single person you trade with.  Once they give you a license then they have you by the balls for sure.

FinCEN has stated that if it is not a business and you are trading for your own account then you do not need to get a license and none of that KYC/AML stuff would apply.

IANAL, but in real life I have paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to many law firms and discussed most of this with them.

Very interesting and eye opening.  I believe that when we found out through our mailman that HS was investigating my business that was also a "slip up", although on a lesser scale.

I cannot speak for all the agencies in all the sections but in general:

Be careful with anyone, especially noobs, who asks "How do you <insert something shady or illegal here>"

Now this can be tricky.  Is mixing bad/illegal/laundering or good/necessary/important to preserve the fungibility of the system?

My personal opinion is that it is one of the flaws in Bitcoin that mixing of all transactions in every block is not a standard part of the protocol.  That is my opinion.

But more obvious things like "Hey bra, how do I buy drugs using bit coins" are more obvious.

Mostly they just copy what you say into your "file" however they have been known to post in order to get you to say more if they think it will help them.

I did not take his question that way.

However, early on when we learned from our mailman that Homeland Security was poking around and asking him questions about our business my wife called them three times in order to find out if we were being investigated.  The agent in charge of investigating me at that time called her back and lied directly to her stating the no, they were not investigating me, her or our business.

In other words they are legally allowed to lie to your face.  If I was one of them I could also legally lie to you.  So, don't trust anyone.

Yes, the whole Gavin/Hearn/XT/Core/blocksize debate has even tried to pollute this thread.

People please:  there are enough (dozens) of threads on those subjects.  Please refrain from polluting this thread with those issues.

How do you explain this one?  He does not have a signature campaign yet he still thinks it is OK to just jump into a thread without reading it?

You bring up a very interesting topic.  Another one of those TV myths everyone believes.  The subject of entrapment.

tl;dr:  For all practical purposes there is no entrapment defense left.

Over time this defense has been slowly eroded by case after case.

In the old days a person had to actually do a crime.
Then they were allowed to entice and the suspect had to do the crime.

Now if they shove the crime down your throat and you do not immediately refuse and report it while it is being shoved down your throat they can use that against you.  Basically they can rape you and say you were asking for it.

In my case one of their undercover operatives solicited a large purchase of Bitcoins from me.  I suggested that we do it at my bank.  They refused (since it would blow their whole audio and video recording setup they had planned at the coffee shop).  So I said that I would prefer to do it at my bank but OK we can do it at the coffee shop.

Later I was told that it was not entrapment because the burden is on me to insisted on using the bank.

The entrapment defense is a thing of the past.  

A lot of "evidence" was collected through just asking for it:

They asked for and got all of my bank records for the last four years from every bank account of mine, my wife and my companies.
They asked for and got all of my phone records and all of my text messages (in and out and deleted).
They simply copied and pasted a lot of what I said on here.

Then they did a few undercover Bitcoin purchases which they followed me to, recorded, and then followed me from to see where I went next.

They put a tracker on my car to see where I went, who I met with, etc.

They interviewed some of my Bitcoin friends.  They were scared to death and one even cough up most of his Bitcoins to make them go away.

They distorted the truth to match their narrative of who they thought I was (huge drug lord with millions in cash and Bitcoin).  They, specifically the Homeland Security Agent in charge of investigating my case, were really hoping for a "Dread Pirate Roberts" size of bust for their resumes.