Satoshi is not Bitcoin and some plaintext in the blockchain is not Bitcoin either - Bitcoin is just applied math in a computer network.

Really, Bitcoin is about as political as the average open source project. Sure, to some people everything is political, others just use the free stuff for their needs and are happy

*doublechecks domain name*

+1

I guess at this point the thread is pretty long, to long to read in a short period of time, so I guess it's time for a synopsis.

A member of this forum, who has a vested interested in Bitcoin, desires to know why a Bitcoin related company uses an address in Wyoming known for "shell companies"--businesses that exist almost exclusively on paper. As a tax haven, any other address would have worked in Wyoming, but this one was specifically chosen. Why?

http://www.google.com/search?aq=f&gcx=c&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=%222710+Thomes+Ave%22
 
Hope that bought you up to speed. Sorry for the long description, but I had to hash out this explanation from this mighty long thread.

Bad publicity from you Mr. Gage. As for the WhoIs, I assumed it was private the entire time, but we recently switched over our nameservers to an anti-ddos system. That might have done it? We're still using the address for any emails we send out (per CAN-SPAM regulations.)

Mine on a mid-sized pool

Deepbit, slush, and btcguild are easy targets.  This is a perfect example why too much hash power to a single pool is not a good idea.

It came to mind because I seen an article where china jump all in for bitcoin mining then this happened. But like I said, so many scenarios as into who, china, SC users retaliating, DeathAndTaxes stating btguild said could be a pissed off botnet, just imo. Hopefully it'll be over soon.

Please point your miners to api3.bitcoin.cz. I'll update DNS of api.bitcoin.cz and api2.bitcoin.cz when attack will be over.

I think he was referring to it being 404, which is the error number when the DNS of a website doesn't resolve and it can't be contacted not to how often Mark posts.

i had to laugh at your post count mark, considering how much trouble i had trying to contact you on irc.

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I think it has nothing to do with thieves and everything to do with basic finances

It's freefalling to <$1 right now.

Get ready for a rough ride down 

this......

was a predictable tho once i realized it was based on a true story.... that story of mr fed and how he made bitches of the world....

Honestly? Parity. Maybe just above. Seriously, the existence of BTC as a useful currency depends on the following, in order from most important to least:

1) General Public interest and usage
2) Stable, safe, transparent exchanges
3) Black market usage
4) Belief in ideology
5) Speculation

1) has run, probably because of 2, 5, and just that it's not convenient enough. For them, the fad is over until Amazon, their credit cards, and actual banks bother to think about BTC.

3) will cut and run as soon as 2) is established.
The groupies at 4) are tiny. TINY.

These are your fundamentals, and the last 3 months are a perfect example of where everything is headed: 1) is gone, 2) never existed, so you're left with 3) and 4), while 5) will bail as soon as there's nothing left.

I didn't even get to the part about what most miners will do when it gets more expensive to mine than not.

W.....T.....F.......

BTC is tanking. Has been since June, no reason to think it's going to change. Ignore what you want, doesn't make you right.

I'm sorry, that was a joke. This is not:

It's clearly the mappers, like bitcoin enthusiasts, who steer the world. If the human race followed packers, we might have never left the dark ages. Or even worse, we might all be wearing those godawful cheese hats. Anyway, packers tend to be followers, because they don't have the vision or risk tolerance to lead, so I'm not too worried about it.