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October 07, 2012, 02:07:38 AM
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so they think they can control us by stealing all our glbse monies... that's not the end, that's just the beginning. what's the point? open, decentralized exchanges are next, or perhaps darknets a la silk road... they can't stop it. killing the glbse is just like cutting off the head of a hydra. bitcoin is out, and they can't stop it.

government goons, you are living on borrowed time. we will beat you. and we will win this war for freedom
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October 07, 2012, 02:49:56 AM
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the government didn't shutdown GLBSE
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October 07, 2012, 02:53:51 AM
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That's right. The government never gets what it wants, and is powerless to affect the bitcoin community.

Just ask pirateat40 how well that opinion is working out for him.

"It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it." -George Washington
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October 07, 2012, 06:36:37 AM
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That's right. The government never gets what it wants, and is powerless to affect the bitcoin community.

Just ask pirateat40 how well that opinion is working out for him.

The more freedom you take away from people, the harder they'll fight to get it back.
People are waking up, docile sheep no more. The people's justice will be served swiftly when millions of us are at the gate.
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October 07, 2012, 06:47:08 AM
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so they think they can control us by stealing all our glbse monies... that's not the end, that's just the beginning. what's the point? open, decentralized exchanges are next, or perhaps darknets a la silk road... they can't stop it. killing the glbse is just like cutting off the head of a hydra. bitcoin is out, and they can't stop it.

government goons, you are living on borrowed time. we will beat you. and we will win this war for freedom

What the fuck?  There is no evidence that "the government" has done anything in relation to GBLSE.  Based on what people who've actually had contact with Nefario regarding this have posted, the catalyst for the closure of GBLSE was Nefario finally consulting a lawyer about GBLSE's activities and finding out that his previous (totally unsupported) assumptions that GBLSE wasn't breaking any laws were likely incorrect.  He appears to be concerned about the possibility of being prosecuted for AML/CTF and taxation offences in the future if GBLSE continues operating, rather than having been forced into closure by an external agency.

All I can say is that this is Bitcoin. I don't believe it until I see six confirmations.
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October 07, 2012, 08:36:19 AM
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Wouldn't it be possible to open another "GLBSE" as a hidden Tor Service, like SR?

I was always wondering why they didn't do that.......

Concerning the Topic: I think nefario forgot one very important thing "Plausible deniability"

I mean, he must have been aware of the fact that this is a legal grey zone, and no one takes such a risk without remaining anonymous or taking precautions like living/hosting on some caribbean island with low/almost no goverment control?
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October 07, 2012, 09:07:48 AM
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Was there any confirmation that this is really a result of legal issues with a gov entity?  Secondarily in any case if that were true, in part the problem originates in using big-kid words like "stock exchange"... if the community wanted to grow without raising so many red flags then they should be more mindful of legal jargon....

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October 07, 2012, 09:16:25 AM
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I mean, he must have been aware of the fact that this is a legal grey zone, and no one takes such a risk without remaining anonymous or taking precautions like living/hosting on some caribbean island with low/almost no goverment control?


Nope, Nefario naively assumed what he was doing was in fact legal. Not that he ever bothered to ask someone who knows the law, until recently at least,  with the predictable result of GLBSE closing immediately.

As for running GLBSE  as a  tor hidden service; Im sure its doable, but if GLBSE was a scammer dream come true, imagine what a Tor based equivalent would be like.
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October 07, 2012, 09:21:28 AM
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That's right. The government never gets what it wants, and is powerless to affect the bitcoin community.

Just ask pirateat40 how well that opinion is working out for him.

Pics or it didnt happen. Impersonating government agents isnt exactly legal either  Tongue

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October 07, 2012, 07:12:01 PM
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Wouldn't it be possible to open another "GLBSE" as a hidden Tor Service, like SR?

I was always wondering why they didn't do that.......

Concerning the Topic: I think nefario forgot one very important thing "Plausible deniability"

I mean, he must have been aware of the fact that this is a legal grey zone, and no one takes such a risk without remaining anonymous or taking precautions like living/hosting on some caribbean island with low/almost no goverment control?

We should bitcoin buy a caribbean island...
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