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January 27, 2012, 02:19:20 AM |
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This really looks like a scam. First they list all the reasons not to use a centralized service for uploads anymore but then goes on to say "hey, but don't worry, use us, we're going to be different." and they even say they're not a scam which makes me think all the more that they are, lol. I completely agree, time will tell.
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January 27, 2012, 08:15:55 PM |
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If this hasn't been posted before, there's a new Gawker article about Silk Road by Adrien Chen, the author of the previous one. http://gawker.com/5879924/now-you-can-buy-guns-on-the-online-underground-marketplace
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Companies claiming they got hacked and lost your coins sounds like fraud so perfect it could be called fashionable. I never believe them. If I ever experience the misfortune of a real intrusion, I declare I have been honest about the way I have managed the keys in Casascius Coins. I maintain no ability to recover or reproduce the keys, not even under limitless duress or total intrusion. Remember that trusting strangers with your coins without any recourse is, as a matter of principle, not a best practice. Don't keep coins online. Use paper or hardware wallets instead.
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January 28, 2012, 10:37:08 PM |
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January 30, 2012, 07:26:32 AM |
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Unfortunately, this will continue so long as articles about bitcoin are only written on blogs, private websites, and forums. I truly believe the Bitcoin Magazine will change this. I dare BetaBeat to carbon-copy a Bitcoin Magazine article of yours like they do for bitcoinmedia.com's blogs. If anything, they'll quote the magazine.
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January 30, 2012, 12:00:52 PM |
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January 31, 2012, 01:55:48 AM |
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Getting to Silk Road is tricky. The URL seems made to be forgotten. wow, it's rare that any mainstream news would actually post a link to SR. (note, i edited out the link for this forum)
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January 31, 2012, 02:01:20 AM |
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wow, it's rare that any mainstream news would actually post a link to SR.
it's obviously also rare they check the links they post. Had they done it, they would've noticed that the url changed to silkraod .......onion (link crippled due to forum rules), which is actually made to be memorized ![Wink](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/wink.gif) . I'm sorry, I posted the full link to SR previously, but the forum software detected it as a "link to illegal content" and replaced it with message threatening to ban me should I try to circumvent the prevention measure, hehe. Fine with me, people will find SR if they want to. Following the link posted in the forbes piece leads to a page with the new url.
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January 31, 2012, 10:17:37 PM |
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Author Interview: Paul Rosenberg on A Lodging of Wayfaring MenThis Part 1 of an interview with Paul Rosenberg, author of " A Lodging of Wayfaring Men". Instantly named Freedom Book of The Month and a major influence in the Cyber-underground, A Lodging of Wayfaring Men is the story of freedom-seekers who create an alternative society on the Internet - a virtual society, with no possibility of oversight or control. It grows so fast that governments and "leaders" are terrified, and fight to co-opt this cyber-society before it undermines the power of the governing elite.
In this interview Paul talks about his intellectual development, his influences and the background to writing the book. He discusses the parallels between the novel and recent developments in crypto-currency, such as Bitcoin. He shares his thoughts on the current state of the internet, prospects for liberty and the potential for developing communities of people with shared values. Podcast Episode
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January 31, 2012, 10:49:17 PM |
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Author Interview: Paul Rosenberg on A Lodging of Wayfaring MenThis Part 1 of an interview with Paul Rosenberg, author of " A Lodging of Wayfaring Men". Instantly named Freedom Book of The Month and a major influence in the Cyber-underground, A Lodging of Wayfaring Men is the story of freedom-seekers who create an alternative society on the Internet - a virtual society, with no possibility of oversight or control. It grows so fast that governments and "leaders" are terrified, and fight to co-opt this cyber-society before it undermines the power of the governing elite.
In this interview Paul talks about his intellectual development, his influences and the background to writing the book. He discusses the parallels between the novel and recent developments in crypto-currency, such as Bitcoin. He shares his thoughts on the current state of the internet, prospects for liberty and the potential for developing communities of people with shared values. Podcast Episode free edition: http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Article/059017-2009-10-06-free-e-book-a-lodging-of-wayfaring-men.htm
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BTCitcoin: An Idea Worth Saving - Q&A with bitcoins on rugatu.com - Check my rep
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January 31, 2012, 11:23:52 PM |
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Author Interview: Paul Rosenberg on A Lodging of Wayfaring MenThis Part 1 of an interview with Paul Rosenberg, author of " A Lodging of Wayfaring Men". Instantly named Freedom Book of The Month and a major influence in the Cyber-underground, A Lodging of Wayfaring Men is the story of freedom-seekers who create an alternative society on the Internet - a virtual society, with no possibility of oversight or control. It grows so fast that governments and "leaders" are terrified, and fight to co-opt this cyber-society before it undermines the power of the governing elite.
In this interview Paul talks about his intellectual development, his influences and the background to writing the book. He discusses the parallels between the novel and recent developments in crypto-currency, such as Bitcoin. He shares his thoughts on the current state of the internet, prospects for liberty and the potential for developing communities of people with shared values. Podcast Episode The book looks great! Unfortunately in the audio interview, the author Paul Rosenberg makes a critical mistake in saying that he thinks bitcoin would be better if it was backed by something physical. Here is the best article I know of dispelling this myth. http://libertariannews.org/2011/12/01/why-do-people-want-a-gold-standard-when-history-shows-us-it-does-not-last/
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January 31, 2012, 11:26:37 PM |
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Here's a link to the article.
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Bitcoin Fact: the price of bitcoin will not be greater than $70k for more than 25 consecutive days at any point in the rest of recorded human history.
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January 31, 2012, 11:43:59 PM |
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TY! How's this for ending on an up note: Bitcoin is like the Web before the advent of all the technologies that made it so useful for non-techies. Back then, it was nearly impossible to find anything of value on the Internet – pioneer surfers will remember clicking through pages and pages of irrelevant AltaVista results. Businesses that had Web pages did so more to seem edgy than to make sales.
Of course, the Internet eventually became a critical part of our society and economy, with technology making it easier to find things, and a combination of scope and scale increasing the value of what there was to find. The potential of Bitcoin – more generally, of a decentralized, self-regulating currency – is similarly imponderable and similarly feared. My hunch is that it will prove revolutionary. I’m just not sure how or when.
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January 31, 2012, 11:55:33 PM |
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yap was a bit disappointed by that then too, i posted too eagerly ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif)
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February 01, 2012, 12:45:44 AM |
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TY! How's this for ending on an up note: Bitcoin is like the Web before the advent of all the technologies that made it so useful for non-techies. Back then, it was nearly impossible to find anything of value on the Internet – pioneer surfers will remember clicking through pages and pages of irrelevant AltaVista results. Businesses that had Web pages did so more to seem edgy than to make sales.
Of course, the Internet eventually became a critical part of our society and economy, with technology making it easier to find things, and a combination of scope and scale increasing the value of what there was to find. The potential of Bitcoin – more generally, of a decentralized, self-regulating currency – is similarly imponderable and similarly feared. My hunch is that it will prove revolutionary. I’m just not sure how or when.
Wow: ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.milkeninstitute.org%2Fpublications%2Fcovers%2FMIR1Q2012.jpg&t=665&c=fWF95FzUjUo7rw)
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February 01, 2012, 01:37:27 AM Last edit: February 01, 2012, 02:34:57 AM by elux |
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Wow: ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.milkeninstitute.org%2Fpublications%2Fcovers%2FMIR1Q2012.jpg&t=665&c=fWF95FzUjUo7rw) Indeed, and this from the Milken Institute Review. Milken, as in Michael Milken, famed eighties junk bond king, Forbes 500 billionaire, white-collar criminal, risk lover, and the guy Gordon Gekko from the movie Wall Street is based on. Jesus Balls, I found a couple of perhaps interesting quotes on his website. "I predict three revolutions in the 21st century: the global democratization of capital; the democratization of health care to the remotest parts of the world; and nearly universal access to knowledge. Scientists say there are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on our tiny planet. As these three revolutions take hold, perhaps the opportunity to contemplate such humbling facts will give our 21st-century leaders the perspective they need to leave behind the confrontational attitudes that have plagued mankind until now."
"The opening of our capital markets to people of broader backgrounds since 1980 has allowed far more individuals with a dream to test themselves in the marketplace. That has strengthened our economy, to be sure. Equally as important, it has strengthened our democracy."
"Today, in 2008, it's more important than ever that people on the lowest rungs of the economic ladder feel they're part of the American dream. They need access to capital. The promise of capitalism is that you'll have that access based on your ability."
"The accessibility of capital markets has grown continuously since 1974. Businesses are not as dependent on banks, which now own less than a third of the loans they originate."
This guy could literally swallow Bitcoin in one bite.
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February 01, 2012, 08:50:35 AM Last edit: February 01, 2012, 03:30:53 PM by Boussac |
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Indeed, and this from the Milken Institute Review. Milken, as in Michael Milken, famed eighties junk bond king, Forbes 500 billionaire, white-collar criminal, risk lover, and the guy Gordon Gekko from the movie Wall Street is based on. To be fair, if I remember correctly, Gordon Gekko is based on a mix of caracters including Ivan Boeski, another crook of the 80s dealing in the same murky waters as Milken. I put the quote from Ghandi in my signature in response to the pathetic "greed" speech performed by Michael Douglas in the movie..
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