I understand your concern. We used to think that only acts could be criminal, and that there could be no crime with words or pictures, but times have changed, not for the better. I guess the police of thoughts is coming next.

What's wrong is a total lack of tolerance. Muslims expect you to behave and to dress (especially women) the way they do, and in some places the few radical muslims will kill you if you don't.

I agree the UK is a safe place, but obviously, you're not reading the same newspaper as I do.

Back to social media surveillance, this isn't something new, and the UK is a terrible place on this subject. Tweeting can send you in jail:
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/may/08/man-jailed-offensive-ann-maguire-tweets

I'm afraid of investors. People who don't care at all about BTC, and who just want to make money out of it, but I believe in BTC because plenty of simple people like me have a need for a decentralized world currency. BTC has to win, otherwise, we'll have to invent another world crypto-currency.

Nice! Thanks for sharing.

You could add some date/time info so we'd be sure the info is accurate. Some way to customize the colors would also be cool. If someone has a website where the main color is blue, your green widget is not going to look good.

This is your first post! You're a total stranger to everyone, you don't introduce yourself, and you look for investors. You should try indiegogo or kickstarter but be ready to tell more about yourself and your project.

The biggest problem for the government if BTC were to replace "official" currency would be how to run the huge budget deficit which has become the norm in most "developed" countries. If there wasn't any deficit, with a crystal-clear and balanced budget, there should be no difference for the governement between using fiat or BTC.

I wasn't thinking about the U.S. but that particular country is doing a pretty good job at controlling its borders. A few Mexicans and some drugs get through, but if someone wants to imports cars, electronics equipments or any manufactured goods in large quantities, that someone will have to deal with the U.S. government in many ways.

There are today in the world countries where governments don't control their currencies, and that doesn't prevent them to tax plenty of things. The government can tax properties, vehicles and every good which it says require to be registered. The government also control borders, so it's easy to tax anything coming in.

Several third world countries have their local currency pegged to the U.S. dollar, all for the better, because that helps investors believing in them.

What's strange?
In many countries like the Netherlands, Spain and Germany, prostitution is legal, and its revenues are counted in GDP figures. Grass is now legal in Colorado, and it will be counted for that state GDP figure, like gambling in Nevada. There's absolutely nothing wrong. What's wrong is that in some countries, those activities have been made illegal.

If you're familiar with BTC, you know it's better to have a single large transaction than a dozen small ones. And I wouldn't like having to wait for each transaction to appear in the blockchain before I could get each item. Even, if you'd pay the transaction fees for me.

Thanks for this data. I guess I was wrong and right at the same time. The balance is in favor of Russia, but if I go to an American mall, I won't find any Russian-made product. This country doesn't make any consumer product an American would like. Caviar? Come on, I'm having caviar less than once a year, and I'm living well. Most of mankind doesn't know what caviar is.

I bet the balance remains in favor of the US.

I don't know how many Russians eat American food, but I'm sure there are far less Americans eating Russian food. Come to think of it, I guess the only Russian product available in the U.S. is Vodka (but Swedish vodka is better). Russian food hardly exists outside Russia.

I'd be cruel, I'd talk about Russian cars.

I hope I'm not a criminal but I've been undocumented many years of my life. I now live as a tourist, so I don't have that kind of problem anymore, but I know there are many places in the world where I could not live, and that has nothing to do with the law. It's about property prices (including hotels). I can't afford to live in London or Singapore... In a free market, we wouldn't need any regulation regarding free movement of people. People would only go where they can afford to go.

It's a privilege, because most often it depends on your birthplace. If you're born in South Korea, you'll get excellent education, but you won't get much if your birthplace is in Tanzania.

I trust casinos in Monte Carlo because they've been there for more than a century, and they have grand buildings. Why would people trust you, and make a deposit on your website?

I hope she can escape to Europe where she would instantly qualify for political refugee status.

I spend about 100 nights per year in hotels, and I've stayed 18 continuous months in hotels in the 90's. I don't have a smartphone, and a smartphone is the last thing I want to get in a hotel room. Excuse-me, but when you travel a lot like I do, you want things to be easy. I remember fondly the days when hotel rooms had normal keys (old establishments still do). Now with electronic keys, it happened at least 3 times in the last 12 months that I couldn't get into my room, with me having to go back to the reception to reset the key.

Also, I would never perform any financial operation (BTC transaction or checking my bank account) on a machine that isn't mine.

Otherwise, I'd be happy to book a room and pay with BTC but even that could prove difficult, as I often book a month in advance, and the price of BTC may change significantly during that time.

The latest controversy isn't about the Foundation but about some people who happen to be among its members. Let's forget them, BTC will outlive them.

We need some kind of an organization to stand behind BTC if there's a problem with the blockchain, or some major issue like MtGox's failure. The Foundation isn't perfect, but I'd say it's doing what it's intended to do.

How about fixing the minimum wage at $.50 an hour? Or $.60? Hey, nobody said minimum wage should make you rich, right? There are millions in India who would be happy to work 50 hours a week for that kind of money. Now, what about the people who are unable to do anything worth 50 cents in one hour of work? They will stay out of the job market and live on state benefits if they're lucky enough to live in a country where that exists, otherwise, they will die.