I'd say Bitstamp is the most reliable and has the best reputation at the moment.

People need to know about bitcoin first and then we need easy ways for people to purchase and transact in btc.

It's all up to the miners when it comes down to it.

Didn't Bitcoinica offer options before?

If you want to learn about computer science in general there are lots of good online courses from coursera and edX available for free online.

This is what happens when joe six pack decides to start trading bitcoin

Just want to say that this seems to be a good objective dispute resolution.

How is Real Solid still in the bitcoin community in 2014? Is this real life?

He was serious about keeping his anonymity in tact so I honestly doubt you'll find much. Good luck though.

I would just put that money towards buying btc.

I'd like to see him publically buy a large chunk of actual btc.

How is it possible to protect people from fraud in bitcoin? Unlikely that they can come up with anything novel.

Could pretty much only happen with a total collapse of the US dollar.

Always good to see more brick and mortar shops popping up.

I think the intentions are good, but I have a feeling that a software platform isn't going to be enough.

I agree that more should be done to target and educate youth on how to use bitcoin and how it works.

I remember a bitcoin related kickstarter site, not sure if it worked out. I'm interesting in seeing a decentralised one too though.

Blockchain vandalism gets tiring after a while. But there's nothing we can do about it afaik.

Anyone there who is serious about anything to do with using the internet uses a working VPN anyway.

There's always risk. Even with B&M banks there's risk over a certain amount.