Thanks subvolatil,
I will be there for a wedding and then I plan on staying a while and exploring. I will update this thread when the date gets closer.

I think I will be in India next winter. It would be fun to meet some bitcoin peers there. I am not sure what town I will be in, but it is between Chennai and Bangalor. Anyone there? Or any recommendations for things to see?

I told them to keep their free coins I will wait until they start using bitcoins. 

U.S.law is just a local ordinance  for bitcoin. Why would the rest of the world care? In fact U.S. regulation may be a huge win for overseas exchanges. Our regulators may be so short sighted and ignorant as to kill the golden goose for our own citizens, but they can't stop a savvy foreign power from embracing the future and running our shitty debt based economy into the ground.
I think that bitcoin is now too big to be stopped. There is nothing anyone can do to dissuade me from using it. How about you?

You know what can't be saved? Magazines. 

I'm not a fan of monopolies, but I don't see Gox as a scam. I have never had a problem with them (so far) and it has never taken more than an hour to fund my account.

What is the ticket for? Airfare? That's messed up. Like we haven't spent enough pretending we are safe already.

How does this help? If bitcoin can be cracked down on, then whatever a bitbar is can be outright crushed.

I have an idea. How about I just don't suck it? How about I just go on using bitcoin no matter what some gov does? They can throw their bitcoin laws in same waste bin that contains anti-filesharing laws, drug laws, gun laws and other laws that Americans have no intention of following.

+1
Maybe this opens the door for a legitimate business.

looks like it is everywhere.

www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com

and it's not that bad.

I still don't understand why Gox smashed the deal with coinlab, knowing that without an MSB they are in violation of the law. No matter how bad the terms were for gox this can't be better.
Or did they think that FinCen was not serious?

That's what I was thinking. This could have been a non-issue if the deal had not fallen apart.  I don't get it. They saw the FinCen thing stating that they had to become a money transmitter or they will be in violation of the law. Did they think that was a joke?

I thought the title of this implies the beginning of the end of this thread.

Welcome fellow peers!

HA HA HA HA 


HA HA HA HA...

Too funny. He actually tries to argue that new types of frequent flier miles will replace bitcoin.  He is the funniest economist pundit ever.

I would add that using the hotel wifi at a bitcoin conference may also be risky.
And as for the door lock exploit, this is never going to get fixed at most hotels.  I assume that this is the exploit from last year? It would require the hotel to not only replace all the locks but also the panel at the front desk. This is way more than most hotels can afford.

Really? Then what is this?       http://www.mutumsigillum.com/

The letter does not say what the title of this thread says.  

It says that they will not process payments to a particular user "Mutum Sigillum LLC". Do you know who that is? Can you verify that they are not sending money to the Talibahn?

So much overreaction.

Damn cat! Get back in your bag! 

Good luck controlling an idea. This is here to stay forever. Now lets talk non-printable parts. Someone mentioned gunpowder?
Find a cave that has or has had bat colonies. You will see large guano piles in such a cave, and all around the edges of the guano pile you will see that Potassium nitrate has precipitated. It is also called saltpeter and it is a white powder/crystal. Collect it.

Next you will need to make some charcoal. Build a reduction fire in a pit you have dug and fill it with hardwood chunks. Light it and cover with grass to smother it a bit. When you are done you will have charcoal.

Next you need some sulfur.   Sulfur is the 16th. most common element. You can find it in nature if you live near a volcano, or buy it at the pharmacy.

Weigh out 75% potassium nitrate, 15%Charcoal, and 10% sulfur.

Mill the charcoal and sulfur for several hours until a fine powder is achieved.  Now add the potassium nitrate and mill for another two days.

You now have meal powder / black powder. It is crappy gunpowder, but it will work.