2013-05-20 dailyreckoning - US Homeland Security Slaps Bitcoin Exchange

[David M]

http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/us-homeland-security-slaps-bitcoin-exchange/2013/05/20/

[aigeezer]

http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/us-homeland-security-slaps-bitcoin-exchange/2013/05/20/

Nice piece. Well worth reading, even if you think the DHS story is old news. DR has been BTC-friendly for a long time and still is. They "get it".

"Regardless of these interventions, your Bitcoins are yours, and no one can take them from you."
 

[kiba]

for a long time and still is. They "get it".

"Regardless of these interventions, your Bitcoins are yours, and no one can take them from you."
 

As long as they are not in an exchange's wallet...

[k3t3r]

... there is nothing that regulators can do to make code go away. No matter how many takedown orders they issue, no matter how many press conferences they hold, no matter how many owners of institutions they harass and hector, the information itself lives — like a song that can be sung by anyone.

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worth reading just for this. 

[aigeezer]

for a long time and still is. They "get it".

"Regardless of these interventions, your Bitcoins are yours, and no one can take them from you."
 

As long as they are not in an exchange's wallet...

Ouch - touché     

[1Peter]

http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/us-homeland-security-slaps-bitcoin-exchange/2013/05/20/

Interesting, thanks..

[majamalu]

for a long time and still is. They "get it".

"Regardless of these interventions, your Bitcoins are yours, and no one can take them from you."
 

As long as they are not in an exchange's wallet...

Those are not yours.