Why do you come here? Surely there must be a better venue for someone with such a desperate need for attention than one where everyone thinks you are a flaming asshole.

I have never bought a bitcoin and see no reason that I ever would. I have never bought The Bitcon and see no reason to start now as it steadily moves towards its inevitable conclusion of drowning in a sea of ennui.

Now that we have the easy part out of the way, lets tackle a harder question.  What is this thing you folks are referring to as "economic growth"? 

Bitcoin is one of many innovative technologies that are going to seek to take friction out and provide services to people. You can make a priori arguments about how it will work very well, and you can also raise concerns a priori. And I think if we know anything about new technologies, you just have to wait and see what happens in the marketplace.

All lies. We are NOT in a situation yet where we can trust ANYTHING a government pushes.
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And BTW, fuck Bitcoin, too. Anything Larry Summers pushes is guaranteed to kill us all, just as surely as a bullet to the head. For Christ’s sake, help wake people up!

fbi.gov

DATE: 7/24/47
TO: D.M. LADD
FROM: E.G. FITCH
SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS

Reference is made to my memorandum to you in the above captioned matter dated July 10, 1947, indicating that Brigadier General George F. Schulgen of the Army Air Corps Intelligence had requested that the Bureau cooperate with the Army Air Corps Intelligence in connection with the above captioned matter.  The Director noted on the referenced memorandum, "I would do it but before agreeing to it we must insist up on full access to discs recovered.  For instance in the La. Case the Army grabbed it and would not let us have it for cursory examination."

In the case of the commerce clause it is unreasonable to think that it would have been intended to remove the individual right to contract as enumerated in article 1 section 10. Furthermore there is ample historical evidence that it was intended to regulate disputes between the states only, no effect on the individual right to contract.

You can't have private enterprise or a free market without taxation to pay for infrastructure.

This is amazing.  It looks like this whole system is designed for the very low transaction amounts of 1cent to $10, and for OFFLINE transactions from individual to individual.

I really don't get why they are doing this. What can you even buy for ten bucks besides coffee and a muffin?

Obviously the important feature here is the ability to make transfers without access to a central clearing house.  That's an advantage over Bitcoin.  And it doesn't seem that useful in a first world country.  I'm guessing this is designed for export, and will be aimed at developing countries with poor telecom/internet infrastructure.

Once upon a time, my doctor set me up with SSRI’s to combat my hypertension.

It was about two years ago… took my Paxil that morning and later that night, I drank a glass of wine. It was about 10PM when I’m told that I armed myself with a rifle and went for walk in the neighborhood. Later the police came… I was surrounded by 12 or so cops (so I am told). The cops tried to arrest me but I’m told that I ranted and raved about everything and anything for about a half hour, ignoring the cops and the guns they were pointing at me. I was violently arrested.

A few hours later, I woke up in a hospital, hand cuffed to the bed.

Paxil caused this behavior. I have very little memory of that night at all. I have permanent physical injuries as a result of the violent arrest.

Take it from someone who has been there, DON’T ever put an SSRI in your body!

About 6 months later a met some of the cops who were there that night. They remembered the event and could not believe I was the same person they arrested. We talked about 30 minutes and we parted with hand shakes and a mutual understanding that SSRI influence must be taken seriously before cops start killing people who are acting like the “lights are on, but nobody’s home”.

true. I took one klonapin, and drank two Mikes harder lemonades, and dont have any memory for three days….felt like a zombie for a month, and felt the effects for 6 months. Wasnt “just” the alcohol. I ended up in county jail, after I apparently loaded my 45/70, and my glock23, and went to my wifes house, with whom I was separated from. I have no idea why I went, and no memory. Gotta blame the drug/alcohol combo….just a little of both and holy crap. Thats my true story….scary shit

Zanax. Its an epidemic in the southern states. 9 out of 10 women eat em like ticktacks and become complete zombies. Theyll Lie, steal, cheat, right in front of you, and deny it caught red handed, like the wolf caught with the chicken hanging out of its mouth saying i didnt eat the chicken. I had to dump my third wife over zanax. I have an extremely high tolerence for drugs. Time was id wake up with a line of coke, smoke pot and drink vodka all day, and have a line of heroin for a night cap. I took ONE zanax a buddy gave me once at about eight oclock at night. He told me about an hour later i told him to get out of my truck cause i said was about to recklessly endanger people and sped off. I woke up around noon the next day with absoloutely no memory of the previous night. I dont know where i went or how i made it home. I can drop ten hits of acid and trip for a week, and i have never had memory loss. These chicks down south are upwards of a dozen at a time.

I live in SW Florida. This is the pill capital of the USA. These prescription drugs are horrible. I’ve seen these pills like Xanax do far more damage to people than anything else. I’ve had friends get prescribed these things and go downhill faster than when they were on any type of street drugs. Completely zombified. I’ve seen first hand what street drugs do to somebody, as my own mother was a junkie when I was growing up. These anitdepressant and opiate pills are the worst things I’ve ever seen. Devil pills.