Ah, yes. Somalia! The land of plenty and the libertarian's utopia.

You've convinced me...


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To the normal people trying to "discuss" with these fools, I suspect that most of these scholars and philosophers are also working on how to get BMX pegs for BTC.

You seriously don't know what the hell you're talking about. Maybe you should get out of the subdivision and check out the real world sometime. Your post count's rate may take a hit, but at least you'll learn how to not make yourself look like such an idiot. Maybe you'll even learn some grammar.

Is it a good thing?  I don't know, I'm not sure.  If creating a new money becomes easy, then at some point it has to devaluate the very concept of money, isn't it?

As it happens, this one did (accidentally) include the source code. So a business could have charged a fee to certify it as safe or unsafe.

thanks for the responses! but i don't see how altruism is really approached or defined in libertarianism, it is permitted but it is permitted by way of omission, and omission of prohibition is wholesale in many philosophies originating from anarchy. libertarianism is an ontological interpretation of anarchy, i understand the philosophy well. 'hands-off' capitalism and libertarian economics are policies of economic anarchy which lead us to cycles to boom and bust, and increasing extremes of poverty and wealth.

a libertarian government is oxymoronic. governments can function effectively and for the benefit of society, when properly managed and legitimately staffed, so i disagree with aspects of libertarian ideology. taxation is not necessarily theft; when that money goes into useful things that you benefit from, like an advanced modern infrastructure and high quality public services, you have not lost or been stolen from. this can be especially true in so-called free markets when profit is free to be primary, and actual services may otherwise be secondary priorities.

businesses rarely render services to their clients beyond what is required to turn a profit! some things actually cost money to run, like hospitals and schools, and when these are not governed democratically but instead governed by the forces of free market economics, the public's interest is no longer served primarily. you probably pay your bitcoin transaction fees; same thing.

kiba, i havn't misunderstood you, i just disagree. the size of the gap between rich and poor is approximately relative to the amount of crime and disorder in that society. libertarianism does nothing to address this that i can see, and promotes the self, and in ways that encourage a system of selfishness that is prey to influence.

My suggestion - split the marketplace from the development discussion and host it on a different forum altogether.
It has been suggested before that the official forum be for discussion of the code only and everything else separated . Maybe now is a good time to do that de-linking before bitcoin goes mainstream.

Let the developers concentrate on the code not on censorship .  As the owner of the bitcoin.me domain I offer that as a place for the new marketplace forum.

On the plus side a forum dedicated to trading can be more organised than what it is now with a built in web of trust ,ratings (karma) and other features. Does anyone think this is a good idea and would you be willing to contribute to get it done ?

So you ask for input, start a poll, and then ignore the results? What is the purpose of this rule, exactly? Are links to alternate forums that allow or specialize in the trading of illegal goods banned as well?

Well, the sole reason I wasn’t suspicious is simple: As this thread already had some posts I thought, it would’ve come out if the "application" is malicious. I was wrong to put my trust in this, obviously.

A possible solution might be an encrypted wallet-file, so you'd have to enter a password each time you start bitcoin.exe to decrypt it. That way a stolen wallet.dat-file would be useless for the thief.

Sadly I think this is going to become common. It's just too easy, especially if the forum was even larger and had many unknowing and unsuspecting individuals.
Could we somehow enforce rules on links to downloadable material? Create a team willing to somehow test new downloads before they are allowed on the forum? How do you protect people when the users are not as advanced in computers as 95% of the users here currently?

Exactly.  Saddam Hussein tried to start an oil exchange that wasn't denominated in USD, and then he was taken out of power by the US government.

Iran started saying they were going to do the same thing, and again we heard the war drums beat again.

The US Government is pretty clear on their stance about this...

it's very convoluted plot. for me too.
Many Russian users managed to get confidence in my services for Bitcoin. Also, I help many people on the forum with their minners. I'm good, rly! Please remove my name from this story, I want to keep it clean.
ps I use translate.google.ru   As I write myself, I use wallet
ps changed the password in the mail.

Yes, it's my mail. Yesterday I received some spam and deleted it. I did not use a purse until this evening and saw these operations. I thought this 100 btc for my services. But where are they gone? Someone could use my purse?
When I saw this, I swapped my wallet and address in me signature.
I have been slandered, do you want me to be quiet? Looks like a good bases, all of this.

The image links are just formatted improperly. remove the quotation marks and it works fine.