it's funny how statists say that they want to replace the state but end up proposing... a state. it's like tribalism is baked in their brains and they can only offer solutions that make use of organized violence.

Being a Bayesian means not reasoning from priors not requested in the question.

You two are changing the subject.

The question wasn't "under what circumstances is the Bitcoin system compromised" -- it was "given the current circumstances, how likely it is that I will be scammed out of my coins now after they have received six confirmations.

So, you two need to be Bayesians, respond to OP honestly, and stop introducing nonsensical speculation to a question that didn't ask for it.

Statistically, the Sun is more likely to "turn off" tomorrow than such an event happening.  For all practical purposes and intents, no one can scam people after six confirmations.

This is why I feel justified in saying, with near absolute certainty, "those coins can never be taken".

If you do not believe this is true, you should not be using Bitcoin.

Funny how cunticula accuses people of being "theologians" while he has unwavering faith in a certain class of Holy Scriptures.

Funny how a man who doesn't want to be the victim of aggression is a "theologian" while a man who supports aggression is somehow not a "theologian" while he certainly defends and supports the actions of embodied deities on Earth and their Holy Commandments.

Funny how "do not aggress against people" is a "theology" (that miraculously does not involve obedience or reference to any representative of any god or other sociopathic authority), while "obey these papers" (which obviously involves obedience to representatives of gods or other sociopathic authorities) is somehow not a "theology".

Do you see how the sociopaths operate manipulatively by reversing and perverting fundamental ethics?

Of course the sociopaths are going to be supporting a particular morality they identify with -- the morality of obedience to the people who can have you shot or caged.  Of course they won't call that morality a "theology" -- that's just an insult they reserve to denigrate the ethics of decent people who don't support such atrocity.

Strike at the root already.

Best read on the subject of psychopathy:

http://www.systemsthinker.com/interests/mind/psychopathy.shtml#antisocial

Multithreading seems to be working well!

If the coins appear in your wallet and remain there after six confirmations, they can never be taken away.

Hahaha!  "wahwahwah", fits the character like a glove.

Unfortunately, it will only take one man being caged for running one of these platforms, for the whole Bitcoin equity crowdfunding model to be stillborn.

Heads up everyone: Note the surreptitious change of topic from "aggressive violence" to "violence", followed up by "well, violence is essential" (which is trivially true of some forms of violence, but definitely not of aggressive violence).

Classic sociopathic sleight of words; gato por liebre, we Spanish-speaking people say.  With the omission of one single word, firefop completely changed the category of action that was being discussed, thus sabotaging a discussion about aggression (well, attempted to sabotage, haha, such nonsense does not escape me).

There you go, gentlemen, you just witnessed -- right in front of your eyes -- one example of how liars, charlatans and other forms of sociopaths peddle their malevolent shit.

So, who wants to bet money that the next time someone addresses firefop about the topic, he'll fog and confuse the issue -- exactly like he just did -- once again?

The National Sozialistische Judenbrennung Company, AG.  I guess.  :-S

MoonBeaterOfChildren doesn't accept "your definitions" (translation: the normal meanings of the words you're using) because your definitions trivially prove him malevolent.  Sorta like the famous sociopath who said "well, no, I've never done anything violent, I killed a guy once, but nothing violent".

You, myrkul, clearly are an evil dictionarynoid oppressing Mr. Beating Children Is Not Violent Because I SAY SO, what with you bringing up your Fallacious Fascist Dictionary Authorities:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLODu02R_gA&feature=youtu.be&t=17m13s

Sociopathy at play, my man, sociopathy at play.

Are you all convinced yet that cunicula is a sociopath, masquerading as a "freethinker"?

Yes, if that's the case, that would be fine.

Of course, a futarchy would be even better.  People can pony up money on their polls.  That usually makes them more accurate and cautious about not saying idiotic shit.

Ha.  Of course it is about that.  Why, then, are we non-voters forced to obey the orders that the voters (allegedly) gave everyone?  You think I can just stop paying the tax used to murder human beings abroad, and not be put in a cage?  How is that not force against me?

I think this is the reason.

A sociopathic individual is a person who is perfectly able to identify emotions in others, but incapable of sympathizing with those emotions himself.  This makes him an especially effective predator, since his unique mental constitution enables him to play others like a fiddle, manipulating and profiting (financially or psychically) from them, by pushing their emotional buttons.  Examples of sociopathy abound -- from the not-so-intelligent sociopath who scams old ladies out of their retirement money, to the extremely intelligent sociopath who scams workers via inflation.

In short: a sociopath gets your money (or your obedience) by manipulating and threatening you with misery or pain, and he is not affected by his behavior being evil.  If you didn't obey and someone killed, caged or ruined you for your disobedience, the sociopath will have no problem shrugging that off and blaming you, the victim.  That's the fundamental kind of person that the sociopath is.

There is, however, one situation that will push the sociopath's buttons: someone unmasking him.  Someone unmasking a sociopath -- revealing a sociopath for what he really is -- is a threat to the sociopath's profit and control over his victims.  Understandably -- in the sense that you and I can comprehend the behavior of a lion or any other predatorial beast -- the sociopath usually reacts to this threat by attempting to viciously destroy, defame, discredit and nullify the "enemy" (and the enemy's sensibilizing influence) over his victims.

As we saw before, the whole range of sociopathic stratagems to suppress humanity are available to the sociopath -- ranging from telling your Auntie Tilly that you want her dead (so you're out of the picture and he can continue sponging off her savings), to having you "suicided" for blowing the lid off on a corruption scandal.  Somewhere along this spectrum rests the common practice of sabotaging online conversations with lies and insults, as you no doubt have witnessed here; this is not directly violent behavior, but it's clearly antisocial behavior just like all other sociopathic behaviors are.

Since Austrian economics does unmask sociopathic individuals who parasitize society, it would stand to reason that cunticula -- sociopath himself -- would attempt to viciously defame and discredit Austrian economists and their contributions to human knowledge.

That's why he attacks me, that's why he attacks you, that's why he attacks so many other people here.  His goal is to suppress what you have to say about the sociopathic system he supports, but he can't really intimidate you because you're online; thus he attacks what you say and your character; this is also why he doesn't use the ignore list -- he needs to know what his "enemies" are saying so he can sabotage their participation.  Thank God I don't have to know him in person, cos otherwise I'd have to deal with the real possibility of an angry little man constantly yelling at me to shut up, possibly being violent in order to get me to shut up.

This is my humble analysis of what you've witnessed so far.

Myrkul, the guy refuses to read the information provided to him.  It's clear he doesn't want to have a conversation about the subject (except perhaps if the conversation makes him feel good by confirming what he already believes).

My humble opinion: Don't bother.

Part 6 is out!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVrlK1lIRqM&feature=g-user-u

BUMPITY BUMP.

That's all that governments ever do when they punish nonviolent people.