AmerikanBanker: Governments Must Co-Opt Bitcoin to Avert Disaster

[virtualmaster]

Governments must co-opt bitcoin or face financial disaster:
http://www.americanbanker.com/bankthink/governments-must-co-opt-bitcoin-to-avert-disaster-1058380-1.html?zkPrintable=1&nopagination=1
It compares bitcoin with World War I. They fear it already so much ?

[Hei_]

bull-shit

[herzmeister]

so awesome 

[Hei_]

yes they think kim jong un is satoshi!!!!

[cypherdoc]

wow.  can you feel the desperation?

and the lack of knowledge and understanding, not to mention the contradictions, permeated this article deeply.

Bitcoin CLEARLY has them on the run.

[BTC Books]

Wow.  That guy is a total asshat.  Probably angling for a job at a bank...

[benjamindees]

adjust assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Bitcoin will reign, suck in an enormous amount of wealth, and eventually implode

This person doesn't seem qualified to make these kind of un-backed assertions.

[superduh]

digitized national currency? paypal? facebook credits? i dont think he even understands what he is saying

[drrussellshane]

yes they think kim jong un is satoshi!!!!

Wouldn't that be a hoot if he was?

[virtualmaster]

If Cyprus started the I Bitcoin World War will Argentina start the II Bitcoin World War ?
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-16/bitcoin-dreams-endure-to-savers-crushed-by-cpi-argentina-credit.html

[matonis]

Author is also affiliated with BitMint:  http://www.bitmint.com/

He fails to disclose that fact.

[wumpus]

Author is also affiliated with BitMint:  http://www.bitmint.com/

From that site:

Bitcoin poses a threat to our fragile global financial order

BitMint is Bitcoin Done Right

... reminds me a bit of the SolidCoin "PR".
Anyway, even though their tactics appear pretty low-brow, let's welcome the competition.