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1  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Test your ability to send Bitcoin and help a friend in need who has no weed. LOL on: April 13, 2013, 06:18:04 PM
 Grin i cant just send the weed? lol
2  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Introduce yourself :) on: April 13, 2013, 05:11:46 PM
Quote from: angelgeeks on April 13, 2013, 04:58:43 PM
Hello All,

I'm Joe and have a small computer repair business (the name of which is reflected in my username).

Am hoping to be able to start accepting BTC for my services although I'm just a little concerned about all these online businesses that have cropped up to offer help with bitcoin transactions in that they are requiring of me all sorts of personal data to prove who I am and they are providing very little to me to prove who they are or anything along the lines of evidence of why I should trust them. For all I know, some (or all) of these "companies" can be taking my signup information and selling it to identity thieves or just waiting to take everyone for a big ride once the numbers get big enough for them. Anyone else have similar anxieties about these companies?

My original rudimentary understanding of the use of Bitcoins was that it could be used in an anonymous fashion but everywhere I turn to signup for either buying or selling they are asking for all sorts of personal and identifiable data in order to proceed with signup which seems a little unlike what I thought bitcoin usage would require.

When I do business with someone and they pay in cash or I pay them with cash, I'm not asked for a copy of my passport or a utility bill in order to pay or receive Federal Reserve Notes.

Just wondering what others might think about this aspect.

Thanks!

The more i read the more i feel just like you angelgeeks. I'm starting to see it going the way of all great ideas. Once power and money get involved ideas become corrupt...

But my prediction is not stopping me from being part of the Bitcoin movement.  Grin
3  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Introduce yourself :) on: April 13, 2013, 04:11:39 PM
Wassgoodie Bitcoiners!!! M.O. from sunny southern California here. I'd like to start off by saying that Bitcoin is an AMAZING idea! Also, a big shout out to the developers, community and following of Bitcoin. I cant wait to start mining so i can donate.

Id also like to thank CNN for bashing Bitcoin this morning making me EVEN MORE INTERESTED than i was when my eyes left my laptop screen and stayed fixed on the TV set when I heard the words "virtual currency".

Sounds like the future to me folks. I'll be bringing this topic up on my podcast radio show to hear what my listeners how to say about Bitcoin. Or as i call it "2013's Answer to the US Deficit"  Wink I know that's one hell of a teaser but it will get the people talking. And since most of my listeners are the average "open minded" person, like the people here from what I've read so far, we should get some great opinions and questions I'll try to answer to the best of my ability and relay any question i feel uncomfortable answering here. Im not a big fan a misinformation...

So I'm gonna read up more, and talk to some community members so i can pass along the Bitcoin phenomenon.

***So while i was typing this, the Bitcoin story played again on CNN. So, they really didn't really bash Bitcoin, only emphasize the BETAness and say "There is a reason why they made banks".

The info CNN reported could be taken in many different ways IMO. I cant wait to hear what my listeners have to say.
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