Did the site get hacked?

Lead please.

This is a completely retarded response.  Given the fact that you know full-well Satoshi isn't going to "speak up" in the first place, your response is kind of useless.  Even if he did, the onus is not on Satoshi saying "No".  In a situation like this, the onus is on him saying "Yes".

Naming him as founder is really just a way for the Bitcoin Foundation to imply that they're *supported* by Satoshi himself.   That assertion shouldn't be made unless Satoshi explicitly states he not only founded, but also supports this organization.  Naming him as a founding member also implies that everything they do has the blessing of the creator of Bitcoin.  This is why the onus is on Satoshi saying "Yes".   Not Satoshi saying "No".   Given the fact that *everything he did* was intended to end all forms of centralized organizations, the OP's has every logical right to claim Satoshi never said "Yes" to this.

-B-

If I had to pick a porn name, it would be Brock Pierce.

-B-

The first politician to accept Bitcoin contributions is Congressman Jared Polis:

http://polis.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=371808

Donate:
http://bitcoin.polisforcongress.com/

FEC has finally approved allowing Bitcoin donations to political groups. The first to jump forward in support of Bitcoin has been Congressman Jared Polis.  

As of right now, Congressman Polis is the biggest Bitcoin advocate in Congress, so the community should support him if possible.

He previously wrote for the "Ban on the US Dollar":  http://polis.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=371808

Donations from the Bitcoin community to Congressman Polis will ensure efforts towards legislation promoting freedom of commerce and limited regulation with Bitcoin.

http://bitcoin.polisforcongress.com/

The form fields I assume you can put whatever you want.  I think the law requires that he take that information.   Put Mickey Mouse if you like.  

-B-

Buy.  Don't mine.

Coinbase.

-B-

This

Have any of you yet envisioned the movie that will come out in 5-10 years which will include clips of Buffet calling it a Mirage, and his right hand guy calling it Rat Poison?

It will be a movie about how Bitcoin literally transformed the world economies, and these two guys will be made to look like idiots when those clips are re-played.

Showing how people talked trash in the beginning.  So looking forward to it.

-B-

Just wanted to vent.  I have 3 business accounts with Chase which do nearly $1 million per year in deposits.  That means I'm putting in $85,000 a month into my accounts via various types of deposits.

Yesterday I received a refund check from the United States Treasury for $440.  Official US Treasury check. 

After I did the deposit, I was informed that CHASE would be holding $240 of my whopping $440 check for 3-4 business days.

LOL!!!!!!

I actually got on the phone and called the "Business Premiere" service line at CHASE and went off on them.  These guys are holding $200 of a $400 check for 3-4 business days.

Wanna know why?  So they can take my money and earn interest/dividents/gains on it for that 3-4 business days, while feeding me some bullshit that its to reduce risk of bounced checks.

When I reminded them it was an official US Treasury Govt check and risk was zero, they had nothing to say.

I am looking forward to when the Bank can no longer take my fucking money and go earn income off it, without my permission.

Thank you Bitcoin.

Yup.   Lots of rich people who "want bitcoin businesses to succeed" and in the process they "suck seed" from the regulators weiners because they don't hold actual Bitcoin themselves, and care only for making money off the businesses that provide services around Bitcoin.  Assuming they succeed long enough, maybe Bitcoin itself will propel to new heights because of the businesses.  But the only VC going directly into Bitcoin are the investment companies that are offering trading platforms and direct investing.

I believe that number is 300 million starting ... soon.

-B-

As far as I'm concerned every gun in this country can suck a dick.

-B-

Best advice I have ever heard in the last 14 months:   Buy now.    Don't wait.   Don't try to figure it out.  Just "get in" and cold storage your coins.

In 5 years you're going to be sitting on a fat profit, no matter what.

If you can't wait 5 years, then be a little more careful on when you buy, because you'll be selling before the true money is made, and every little bit will count.

-B-

Squeeze my shorts.

Shoot sorry about that.

Totally forgot the link.

http://www.finextra.com/news/fullstory.aspx?newsitemid=26027

Updated first post.

Finextra Future Money provokes strong views on fintech innovation

Edit - forgot the link:  http://www.finextra.com/news/fullstory.aspx?newsitemid=26027

Fraud is good, Pingit is rubbish and Swift will be dead within three years. There was no shortage of controversial and provocative views at a lively Finextra Future Money conference this week at Canary Wharf's Level39.

More than 400 people from the fintech world signed up for the conference and the vast majority battled tube strikes, fog and even a bomb scare to get to One Canada Square to explore the new wave of innovation sweeping across the financial services sector. Alessandro Hatami, digital payments and innovations director at Lloyds Banking Group kicked things off. He used his keynote to unleash an impressive battery of stats, revealing that, just three years after the bank launched an app, 30% of logins are now mobile.

In a wide-ranging talk, Hatami gave enthusiastic backing to the use of big data, cautious support to crypto-currencies and mobile NFC payments and, perhaps most surprisingly, a warm welcome to fraud...albeit only as a tool for forcing bankers to innovate.  Fintech may have captured the zeitgeist but, if the Future Money audience is any guide, it is still a niche area with huge room for growth. Throughout the event, delegates were asked: have they signed up for Paym, have they used mobile NFC payments, have they got a bitcoin wallet, have they used crowdfunding platforms?

Despite the nerdy demographic, in each instance only a handful of people raised their hands.

The area of fintech with the firmest grip on the zeitgeist is bitcoin. IBM's Richard Brown says that the emergence of crypto-currencies is similar to the rise of the Web and the graphical browser because it destroys islands and creates an open network. By removing the need for intermediaries such as banks, it will revolutionise how we pay and have a huge impact on costs.   Regulators are certainly now beginning to take the matter seriously. Ven Currency founder Stan Stalnaker informed delegates that at a recent meeting with US watchdogs he was told that FinCen and Treasury experts expect bitcoin to be one of the world's top 20 currencies within 20 years.

In a later panel, investor Udayan Goyal made the boldest prediction of the day: that crypto-currencies will kill Swift within three years. To back up his claim, Goyal used the example of Fidor Bank, which now uses Ripple to move money between three countries without even touching Swift.

Inevitably at an event in the heart of London's financial services centre, there was much soul searching at Future Money from banks trying to work out how they can harness the new wave of fintech innovation.

Some attendees voiced scepticism about the recent rush from big banks to embrace 'innovation', with tools such as Barclays Pingit derided as marketing gimmicks that do little to change the way people interact with their money.

The popularity of labs, accelerators and incubators was also questioned. Are financial services firms attaching themselves to these projects to tick an easy box, for cheap PR? As we sat in the Level39 lab, Accenture's Samad Masood cut to the chase, asking "who cares" if PR is involved? As long as it promotes innovation, it's a good thing.

Yes in 34 years I will be 73!

Bitcoin has therefore encouraged me to exercise more, get better sleep, and eat my veggies

But I agree.  I don't think the timescale for BTC hitting $200,000 will be 34 years.  If it happens, I see it happening in 1/3 that time.  Just because BRK is the 1885 locomotive of stocks and BTC is the 2014 technology of innovation.

If you think about it though guys - here's a stock.  BRK.  How many stock holders? 

Now think about Bitcoin.  How many possible users?   Its staggering what that could mean for all time high price of Bitcoin.

-B-

Yeah.  I think you're right.  Its more difficult because it is creeping downwards. 

If you look at the last "lull" it was going nearly straight sideways. 

We were doing the 190-220 thing for the entire 6 months.

Why are we waiting for November?

I mean there's no guarantee that history will repeat itself, but the last "wait" was about 6 months.  We're at 5 months now.  So if history does repeat itself, we're looking at some changes coming in June-ish.

-B-

That this long-ass wait for a price change is normal.   Im getting frustrated.  A little disillusioned.  I mean surely adoption must be increasing around the world.  Yet the price goes nowhere.

I try to remember - from June until November of last year, the price was completely stagnant.

That was a full 6 months. 

Still, somehow this year it seems like a much, much, much longer wait.  And its only been 5 months (Jan - May).

Why is it so much harder to be patient this time?   

-B-