After 9 years regular army and a lifetime as an interstate truck driver, I believe I've heard it all, but expletive suffused posts still drive me spare, so I excersise my own form of moderation, if you can't express yourself in a Proper manner than I will simply ignore your post, no matter how relevant, informative or interesting it may be.

I've been part of ( and still am) many forums where offensive language is simply not tolerated, likewise with personal attacks involving race, creed, colour or religion, sexual proclivities or otherwise, yet the debate still remains robust.

Free speech by all means, but with free speech comes responsibility too and a limitless courtesy and respect go a long way.

Pardon my cynicism, but does the old saying about there being no such thing as a free lunch not apply to Bitcoins ?

The whole concept works for me, but there are many ppl that have much more to contribute than I have, seems a shame to curtail their input when we could all benefit from their wisdom.

I guess that's my point, would you comfortably deal with an organisation that doesn't provide at least 2 factor authentication, when it comes to money or Bitcoins?

One bank I deal with has 3 factor to log on and then another 3 factor to enable transactions, I like that.

I've been banking online for years, with proper 2 and 3 factor authentication, never once had a problem, can't see how BTC can be any different.

The only time I've been burned was when the DOJ pulled the plug on Full Tilt Poker, and even then, eventually, us ROW players got paid out, one can only hope that our American mates get paid out soon and convert some of their winnings to BTC.

You want to be really paranoid, go and sit at a poker table, where EVERYONE is out to steal your chips.

Just wanted to say G'day , been sitting on the fence for far too long, but as of today am the proud owner of some Bitcoins.

Reading through the forum, there are some really amazing people here with some incredible insights, been most informative and constructive.