I think a lot of threads we see here recently are Astroturfing designed to showcase Bitcoin as an instrument useful to criminals and other destructive forces.

IMHO, it's really dumb of the Bitcoin "old-timers" and proponents to continue to get involved in those discussions, and continue to respond to the same accusations for the n-th time.

On such things, it seems best just to let Bitcoin speak for itself, as every other currency does... 

Given the latest fiscal developments in Greece, would someone from the Greek part of the community please give us an on-scene update on what the default would mean to the average Greeks, and how it might affect Bitcoin's prospects in your country?

Thank you in advance for any info!  

Мужики! Вот новая Рубь-площадка, в поддержку биткойнерам России от дружеского, польского народа!  

Во всяком случае, пригодится...  

Apologize if this has already been discussed here. ...couldn't find it.

Do you think it would help promote Bitcoin if we started writing www.bitcoin.org or something on fiat bills we have in our wallets and circulate in our respective countries? I mean just take a pencil and write that on the bills in our pockets...

Is writing on fiat bills illegal, or makes them worthless in Your country?

Гляди на карту, мужыки! Биткойн уже даже в Кремле! Думаете, действительно есть, или там просто местный, центральный узел какой-то?   

https://smsz.net/btcStats/bitcoin.kml

Just wanted to see how many Whitehats we have in this community.

We have plenty of visionaries, business people, and pundits, but how many security specialists do we have actually focusing on ways that Bitcoin opponents could try to damage the Bitcoin p2p, the application, etcetera...

Please sound off if you consider yourself a Whitehat, and Bitcoin is under your microscope!

Hello,

Does anyone have any thoughts yet on Voucher-safe as a competitor to Bitcoin?
http://beforeitsnews.com/story/315/292/Siddley_Inc._Unveils_A_New_Anonymous_Digital_Currency:_Voucher-Safe.com.html
http://www.voucher-safe.com/