Italy:

Voted. (why was I allowed to vote multiple times?)

Kluge philosophical talking and rationalization of crimes is beginning to sound like Dank...

There were a few threads:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=102918.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=101751.0

He later got a scammer tag but it appears that Theymos took it off, after recently returning he's been trying to come into an agreement with people he was owing money to.

For those who remember how Matthew's 10k BTC (or more? I don't remember) bet went without escrow I encourage you all to use escrow for the bet.

I'm not -- but I'm talking about the majority of the people here because let's face it - a person in a suit and a tie is considered by most people as someone more credible and respectable than an anarchist with a mohawk (are you even aware of the negative connotation of the word 'anarchist?). If we can't convince the majority to use Bitcoin we will be forever confined to using it within a limited circle of its aficionados.

I'd love if people were different but convincing them (except speculators) will be a no easy task.

This interview actually wen't quite well, especially compared to the previous ones I remember, but I must agree that his appearance may scare some people away from perceiving Bitcoin as a positive thing.

So stop complaining.

I'd say this is OK for the GPU (although I feel more comfortable with <80C for 24/7 use) but what are the temperatures of your VRAM and VRMs? Use GPU-Z to check all of the card's sensors.

Use escrow.

It's not only US. A lot of governments and state-owned companies are like that. Some charities, some NGOs and NATO too. Very often they have a budget and if they don't spend enough money by the end of a year, next year they will be appointed a smaller amount.

It's double 'L'.

If I were British I would also tell you to spell the 2nd part as 'metre'

That's funny, the wealthy and intelligent people that I know are either right-wing or libertarian and those with the least money, state-dependent are usually more left-wing. Some of them are middle class, but none of the wealthy people that I know or have met personally are left-wing (those left-wingers who earned the money due to cronyism, nepotism or corruption which is not a rare occurence in my country are not counted here).


To be honest I wouldn't be surprised if there was nothing or not much in there but it was only announced to scare some people.

Damn. I would fear for my safety if I were one of the politicians involved in this crap.

wow 1000th post

I haven't, started on June 1st.

But I regret not having started in 2009-2010. Or even in early 2011 when the price was <$1.

But I still would probably have sold the Bitcoins too early.

While I like and support this venture my intuition and common sense will not allow me to deposit any money, especially considering the amount of people / companies on these forums that turned out to be scammy, despite having their identities known by the community and being in possession of impeccable reputation. Nonetheless, I wish you good luck.

That's only assuming he hadn't sold the coins so far. Wouldn't be surprised if he had been selling the coins when they were worth $10-12.

Other exchanges either get hacked or have legal problems. Operating an exchange and dealing with peoples' money is an expensive beaurocratic problem that kills the business. There is no free market when there is government intervention and regulation (AML laws, KYC laws, anti-terrorist fears and other crap).

I think we found The Satoshi.

I still can't believe how people fell for it after their previous history of over-promising. 1GH/s and 19.6W and $500, remember?

Wouldn't it be wiser to peg the debt to USD value at the time of the hack? I understand not everyone would like it but that's pretty much the only way the debt can be repaid and it is done this way on another exchange that lost money (bitmarket.eu).