I can't take these price swings any longer so I'm going long on bitcoin and withdrawing all of my coins back to my wallets.  Trading bitcoin is a young man's game.

Perhaps it's time to eliminate the dark pools.

Even the true believers want to get paid.

Considering what a little "announcement" on mtgox has done to the price today, any actual bug like this would crash the price back to $1.

There is a video in the notable sources thread that shows Senator Schumer talking about "shadow currency" that enables Silk Road.  I think it's safe to assume that it will be targeted.

I believe the drop today can be completely explained by the two exchange sites both experiencing unclear problems with USD transfer out (problems that are now resolved).  I know this was because of API upgrades at Dwolla, but that wasn't explained anywhere on those sites.  All most users saw were two things, 1) Senator Schumer saying he was going to shut down bitcoin, then 2) USD transfers suddenly stop working.  All of this combined with the general background noise on the hate-bitcoin sites saying this is a scam, ponzi, etc, caused a crisis in confidence.  Hopefully it will resolve itself.

There was a show on NPR where people were eating breast milk cheese.  It made me want to stab myself in the face.

I think the people saying silver parity are correct.. $36

I think very little in reality, but the potential to engage in similar transactions without the government knowing about it is probably a big draw.  If there are 100 Silk Roads next month, people want to be ready.

No legislation is pending or has been introduced.  None will be for weeks or months.  Nothing to see here.

People keep raving about the UI, but I find it lacking.  It doesn't show you the information you want in the places you want to see it.  You have to switch back and forth between pages to see your active balance, etc.  It's prettier than mtgox, but don't mistake that for more functional.  They have a lot of work to do.  I have high hopes, but let's not king them just yet.

Was this a request for the first bitcoin bailout?

Middle ground doesn't exist on the Internet.

I've tried to report many, but several times I got an error that said "Board did not exist."  I imagine other people saw the same thing.

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

The irony here is that some of the boards that have decided to invade us, Something Awful being the most obvious, are paid boards.  They long ago got rid of their trolls by heavy handed moderation and charging $10 for an account.

What part of the internet have you been on that makes you think mocking trolls makes them go away?  I'm talking about a problem of sheer volume.  They will come faster than you can intellectually defeat them, meanwhile, legitimate interested parties will come and see a forum filled with nonsense and it will scare them away.  This forum is starting to look like a place where kids hang out.  It should look like a place where financial professionals and on-line retailers would  feel comfortable.

I read something about a crash on buttcoin.com, but now it appears they've been hacked. 

Troll confirmed.

Without better oversight and moderation, this forum will be useless in under a week.  If you haven't noticed, we have an influx of trolls from various humor sites.