Does the title of this thread bug anyone else?
I keep seeing "embarrass", when it is clearly meant to be "embrace" (though I suppose it could be either, I think the OP meant embrace as it is slightly punnier.)

Quite a list.
Can't get enough of these keychains.  Everyone that sees one wants one.

Noord is like the Amsterdam SOHO.  Many ethnicities all blending in harmony with lots of artistic flair, parks.  Close enough to all the action but far enough to have quiet time.  Its the hidden gem of the city.

.999 fine silver, yes.

These are Bitcoin Specie, from the Bitcoin Specie Project.
We are working on the gold versions as well as different sizes of the silver.  Please expect these shortly.
There is a more detailed explanation of the goals of the Project at the link in my sig, but the essence of it is to create a useful pocket change for Bitcoin.
There is no bitcoin stored in them (in the same way that there are no dollars stored within silver dollars)
The value does fluctuate with the prices of silver and bitcoin and is continuously available at Coldhardca.sh (that is where the QR on the specie silver piece takes you).  The premium over silver is also listed there and you can see by changing the quantity that it decreases.  This is to encourage distribution for those that buy in high quantity and sell or use in small quantity.  This activity is rewarded by its pricing mechanism.
Pricing is competitive with the national pieces such as Silver Eagles, but our quality is higher, and they are more collectible.

In the endgame, we will contend with many issues.  One of these is the volume of transactions hitting the block chain.  The block chain is an expense to bitcoin.  Use of pocket change for small in person payments as an off block-chain transaction helps to reduce the cost of the bitcoin currency.

Additionally, these are purely anonymous and not pseudononymous.  Cash and carry type transactions can be easily facilitated with them as a store of value.

Also in the endgame, our expectation is that bitcoin will not have the volatility that it has currently, increasing the utility of these.

The project started last year at the Spring Bitcoin Foundation conference and so is only a year old.  It is not profitable (there are still too few bitcoin folks, and too spread out).  Nevertheless, we will persist in the effort and welcome those who would join the project.  There are many opportunities.

Beware, there are some counterfeits but they are easy to distinguish if you know what to look for (the one pictured is not a counterfeit).

What was the improper honor?

Look in Amsterdam-Noord area.
Its a lower rent residential area, yet comfortable and hospitable.
Canal boat for free will get you there an easy walk from the conference.

There's availability under US$110
https://www.airbnb.com/s/Amsterdam~Noord--Amsterdam--The-Netherlands?checkin=05%2F15%2F2014&checkout=05%2F16%2F2014&price_max=110&sw_lat=52.37360744398348&sw_lng=4.872654853188351&ne_lat=52.42652755243&ne_lng=4.959515509926632&zoom=13&search_by_map=true

That and a bicycle give you the whole city within easy reach.

We have had a few really wonderful guests now.
Some have left reviews.
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/2337951?s=0oVU

For Bitcoin payers, we are happy to go all out, just let me know what we can do for you.  Either send a PM here or check my profile for contact information.

Is your assertion that scientists should not question methodoloties, or just with this particular case?

Or are you just not a fan of Richard Feynman?
http://blog.sethroberts.net/2013/09/29/science-is-the-belief-in-the-ignorance-of-experts-application-to-personal-science/

There are a bunch of problems with the earlier efforts, that we are looking to overcome.  Some security, some protocol, some legal, and a few more...  The goal is to advance the state of the art rather than simply do what's been done before with gold.

I have my layover in Moscow for TBF conference in Amsterdam.  Aeroflot...
I'm hoping to test out the new regulations that let you leave the airport on layovers in Russia without a visa.  Will let you know how it goes.  Would love to see the city for a few hours.

There are some great AirBnB deals still.

Coming soon.

There are much larger markets, lol... real estate, cars, international remittance, internal corporate settlement.  
There's no money in porn since broadband.

The take home message is that the FDIC handed us a list of the types of businesses that they are handing over to Bitcoin.
The banks are apparently so flimsy that they can't handle a few porn stars making deposits or not making them.  That is too much risk for those poor widdle banks.
No worries, Bitcoin to the rescue...

It is possible, though it does create a few awkward moments when you are dealing with "normals"

I adore the blockchain.info model of doing without any banking from day 1.  I relish the purity of that, but they do have the luxury of only dealing with bitcoin folks.  When you are at the edges, and doing outreach, and etc, it forces some conversations when you have no bank (which are excellent conversations to have and great opportunities to explain the issues).  

Each of us was once a "normal", this is the first generation of this new capability.  


The mere fact that porn actresses are lumped in with we coin dealers shows that they are in very good company.  Wagons are circling.

I've been noticed from BofA on the New Liberty Dollar LLC coin dealership...
Accounts will be closed by the bank.  No explanation is given.

Straight lines.....

Need to add a bit more rock and roll...

Only if the instrument to do that naked shorting is used to set the prices of bitcoin in the p2p economy.
If we choose to ignore it for price determination, then the central banks can print as much money as they want to sell it naked short and no one will care.  Then that strategy will impoverish them and show their weakness.

Unlike gold and silver, taking delivery of the actual bitcoin is swift, easy, and doesn't require some insured massive vault and armored trucks and air-force planes to protect the delivery.  It happens swiftly and at low cost.

Ugh... whatever.
TBF can do that, some folks might care, and if so it would be a central point of failure and attract attacks.

Better is what is already happening and what Rand Paul (and you) seem to be missing.
Bitcoin is backed by the full faith and credit of the p2p community of people that value it.
It is not backed by force, it is backed by our own goods and services.

For my own part, I am backing bitcoin with silver and gold.  Last year I committed to back it with 84 Million ounces of silver, redeemable on demand, and minted into Bitcoin Specie (link to the thread below).  Today that backing is inadequate and it has had to increase along with the value of bitcoin.
Anyone can participate in the DECENTRALIZED bank of bitcoin and back it with their own assets and services.  We all do this every day.

So what Rand Paul is hoping might happen, has already happened.  Many times over.  This decentralized system of valuation based on our own market making activities is far more robust than any central bank could hope to be, and much less costly.  We do not need a giant army to defend the fort where our gold is hidden, it is scattered all over the globe and individually protected.

We are the army, we are the bank, we are the issuers of the currency... and we need no central authority to give us permission to be that, it is an accomplished feat.  Done.

There may be some folks that would rather not do their trading within the China borders due to the legal environment.