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It's pretty simple really. You can use Bitcoins in the US, just don't use them for any kind of illegal or criminal activity. This is no different from someone using fiat to buy stolen credit cards, drugs, fake passport, etc etc. I'd imagine that the government loves busting people that use Bitcoins for illegal activities because it gives them proof to paint Bitcoin as an evil criminal currency.
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What's with all the chubby CEO guys in Bitcoin. Do some excercise, it's good for you!
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This post made me lol.
First of all, what makes you think this "hacker" reads bitcointalk? And secondly, what makes you think that asking him to return the BTC will do anything?
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Is it just me or is movement speed a LOT slower than a few days ago? Taking an entire day to mine and go back, and you usually get blown up anyway.
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Russia, China and Apple...ahahahahahahaha.
It's the internet's version of the Axis of Evil. Somewhere, George Bush is smiling. |
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Misery and tears because I gambled and lost all my bitcoins
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Nice, that's actually a company who's products I used before. Still waiting on that one big whale company to come through though...then the flood gates will really open.
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Everything is looking so scammish lately, even projects that seem so legit. Cryptsy, scharmbeck, now gox. Seriously this kind of shit will kill crypto.
That's a little bit pessimistic. Most alt coins are pretty much scam land, I'll give you that but... Crypsty hasn't scammed people to my knowledge, just a lot of problems with that website (remember when you could withdraw 10 btc or whatever that you didn't even have?). Gox never scammed people, their website just has some technical problems sometimes. |
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This is because we're still not mainstream. First the visionaries invest in bitcoin. Then the tech-savvy people. Then the mainstream joes slowly take notice, and you get mainstream adoption. We're somewhere between 2 and 3.
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If only people didn't base their opinions on superficial things like what a person looks like, what clothes they wear, how they talk, etc. It's really what the person says and does that should matter...
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Hello,
I have been longtime BTC-E trader. Recently, a ton of yahoo accounts have been hacked and it's all over the news.
I was one of them. I foolishly used the same password to login to my email that i used to register my btc-e account..
The hacker was able to get into my email assocaited with my btc-e account and changed my security questions and backup email for that account. He then hacked into my btc-e account and changed the login information.
BTC-E has a two day withdrawal lock once a password is changed, I have been trying to get in contact with BTC-E over the past 12 hours and recieved not one responce, despite the fact I have entered over 10 tickets.
I have told them I can give any information they need to verify I am who I say I am. Including verifying my bitcoin address where I had deposited the 100 Bitcoins from and all other deposits I have made on the site. I can give them recent message history, trade history, and im using my home IP where I have logged into my account the majority of times.
I am completely stumped as to why I have not received any word from them?
I've contacted the police and made a report, I informed them of the situation and they opened a case file.
They told me to get in contact with Btc-e, which I have been trying to frantically all day and got not one word from them...
I advise all of you not to deposit anything into the site until this is resolved. I have been a BTC-E user for years and traded hundreds of bitcoins through the site and never would expect to be ignored from btc-e support.
Every method of contact I have tried, twitter, email, and made a ton of tickets.
I even messaged them on there account here, no word.
BTC-E, if your reading this, PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW ANY WITHDRAWS FROM MY ACCOUNT AND GET IN CONTACT WITH ME ASAP!!!
You hold 100 BTC on an exchange and don't use Google authenticator? That's like asking to get robbed. Also, what makes you think the cops give a shit? Bitcoin is a decentralized currency and this is one of the downsides - the government can't control it, which also means they can't regulate it. Unless bitcoin is directly linked to something criminal (like selling drugs - aka Silk Road) law enforcement could care less. I hope you get your money back but you really need to start using different (and sophisticated) passwords for different accounts and Google authenticator is a must. |
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Wow I can't believe I didn't think of that. Buying domain names that could become popular and then resell for huge profit. I guess it's pretty much too late for Bitcoin domains at this point though?
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Played a bit yesterday, mined 40 coins. Game is pretty fun, perhaps with some updates you guys can add more complexity to make it more strategic.
Do you get 3 hunters or one at the beginning? Cause I only had one playable guy.
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They just closed my friends account with more than $150,000.
Holy shit what the fuck PayPal?!
Only around 10% of his transactions were even Bitcoin related.
This bullshit has gone far enough.
Can we please have massive lawsuits against PayPal and perhaps put them out of business once and for all? They cannot continue to operate in this manner.
This is absolutely DISGUSTING.
why would anyone ever use paypal? its almost as bad as gox I'm sure a lot of people used paypal before bitcoin came along. I certainly did. It's the closest thing to bitcoins for quick and *relatively* safe online transactions. But now Paypal is slowly becoming obsolete because of bitcoins, so it's not surprising they're starting to crack down. It's a direct competitor. Remember - First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. If you look at the financial system overall right now, it's really starting to go into the fighting phase. |
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Babushka, babushka,
Give me the bitcoin
I'll rhyme just like Pushkin,
For vodka and sirloin.
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This is some TV evangelist level-shit. What is even the point of this video and website?
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edit: nm got the giveaway, thx
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First they ignore you. Then they yell at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.
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