Interesting, thanks for sharing this! I think you are entering this at the right time.

Oh yes, I was agreeing with you. I'm taking advantage of these prices and if history is any indicator I will soon enough be called an unfair early adopter again.

The thing is, it is already regulated. We want some regulation or it would be to risky to use. My hope is that the Cap-Gains tax is all we get. Nothing in the economy goes completely unregulated, what matters is what regulation.

Amen. It has become a confusing sideshow in the economy.

$2! That was post rally. lol

I remember when we hit parity with the dollar. It seemed so huge, especially after growing from $0.06.

Maybe you don't believe bitcoin has a future, but Coinbase just got 75 million votes to the contrary.
As far as these guys not knowing what they are doing... I have met some of them and I assure you they have a plan and know exactly what they are doing. They did not become billionaires by stumbling around in the dark or listening to crackpot theories on the internet.

If bitcoin needs our regulation to live, then let it die.

No forex trader can "push me around". You have to allow that and I don't. 

And to be fair, there is no way to "invest" in the protocol. Bitcoin does not need money to work and I don't know who you would give money too? The economy is now at the stage of development when businesses will build on the protocol. There is huge money to be made in legal exchanges, payment processing, insurance, bitcoin banking services, etc. That is what all the VC money is for.

I don't know what Coinbase is doing with that money, but there is a race on to be the first BTC ATM network. MSB Licensing money?

lol, maybe not so much in the DPRK. But I find bitcoins being used wherever I go. And I like out of the way places. It really is a worldwide phenomena.

We all want the same thing. It's sad and horrifying when some angry, stupid guy takes out his hatred on the innocent. It could be a crazy person or even a kid, as you point out. But that has nothing to do with guns or rules. You have never been, and will never be safe from a psychopathic killer.  Even those of us who carry a gun everyday could be shot dead by a mental patient who just walks up and shoots.
However, some of us do stand a chance and insist that we have the right to try defending ourselves. Your question implies that if we just had another rule the crazy people would listen. They will not. Once they are in a murderous state they will be greeted with violence.  It might be me, a local cop, or the state swat team; but whoever it is they will have guns.

It grew in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014. Heck it's growing now.

If that ever happened I would be gone. One of the single greatest things about bitcoin is that it is independent of any currency. If it were linked to the dollar then the Federal Reserve could control the value of bitcoin. That's not what you want, right? Or maybe it should be linked to the Ruble? Then Putin could chose what you can do with your BTC.

Certainly true. I have to do my own security because my bitcoins are mine alone. I have little fear of theft however, to get any sizable amount would require breaking into my safe deposit box. Then you would still have to find and decrypt the wallet.

P.S. I have never lost a Satoshi to thieves, but I'm on my third replacement bank card in a year.   

Until they come for you. What about your bitcoin terrorist money? Nobody cares about privacy until they lose theirs. Then they are shocked at how no one seems to care about their outrage.  

My question about this device is, "can I get one?" Maybe I should see what's going on at the police station? They are my employees after all.

So here is a guy who entertains people with gun violence and thinks me shooting paper targets is a disgrace.

Whatever. 

I really don't know? But to be honest I see no evidence of a connection. There is some very damming evidence against Ross though. I does, however, seem like the volume of sales at SR and the dominance of Gox as an exchange must have brought the two into some kind of contact. Maybe not criminal, but there was a lot of BTC being cashed out by SR. It does stink a little.

Note that many of the big players are people who you and I will never know.

You may want to explain that you will allow escrow for the funds.

To be fair, Mark was not "implicated" he was briefly "suspected" of being DPR. If you look at the evidence collected it is Ross who has some explaining to do.

They do. I think they are the only car manufacturer that directly takes them. So far.