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March 24, 2012, 01:08:57 PM |
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Wow, they spent a lot of effort to collect the criticisms of various persons, but none of the rebuttals.
How balanced and unbiased they are!
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"The powers of financial capitalism had another far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent meetings and conferences. The apex of the systems was to be the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, a private bank owned and controlled by the world's central banks which were themselves private corporations. Each central bank...sought to dominate its government by its ability to control Treasury loans, to manipulate foreign exchanges, to influence the level of economic activity in the country, and to influence cooperative politicians by subsequent economic rewards in the business world."
- Carroll Quigley, CFR member, mentor to Bill Clinton, from 'Tragedy And Hope'
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March 24, 2012, 01:19:37 PM
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Their criticisms: http://p2pfoundation.net/Bitcoin_-_DiscussionSummary of a p2p-based critique by Michel Bauwens
[...]Secondly it is a 'scarcity' based currency, subject to hoarding and wealth accumulation (only 21m bitcoins will be created, insuring a constant growth in value), that does not really change what is 'wrong' with the current currency system. [...]
OMG THE IGNORANCE. My head wants to explode when I read something so obviously wrong like this. Damn people living in fantasy land completely and utterly ignorant to what the reality really is. |
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March 24, 2012, 01:56:22 PM |
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As I see it - p2pfoundation is just cataloguing some possible and perceived issues with bitcoin and putting them forward for discussion. Michael Bauwens - one of the founders of the p2pfoundation is clearly taking a positive interest in Bitcoin. Check out some of his recent tweets: (twitter.com/mbauwens) mbauwens interview on @KeiserReport planned for April 4 (cc @stacyherbert); primary theme likely Bitcoin; great, it's my #1 tv favourite
bitcoin as "global reserve currency": if national currency collapses, you can switch to 'global' bitcoin, and back again;
And this gem from a couple of days ago!!  Today, the P2P Foundation has payed its first salary in Bitcoin, the new global reserve currency based on social sovereignty cc @stuhood
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March 24, 2012, 02:27:35 PM |
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They like Ripple a lot more: Ripple has no proof of work and the IOU system can become loaded with credit default swaps and derivatives, making it no better than the current fiat system. Bitcoin can at least be used to mitigate marginal trading. A Bitcoin-Ripple hybrid system would satisfy the "Keynesians" that accept relativistic trading, and the "Austrians" that prefer a more Newtonian economy. |
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March 24, 2012, 02:31:53 PM |
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Don't you just love the fact that Bitcoin isn't just theory but it's an actual real ongoing experiment which is going disprove all these ridiculous fallacies and meet these boneheads who believe in them with reality?  Hahaha. Yes I think think the burden of proof falls upon the naysayers at this point. Against any criticism, advocates can simply say, "scoreboard!"  |
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March 24, 2012, 03:02:31 PM |
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And this gem from a couple of days ago!! Today, the P2P Foundation has payed its first salary in Bitcoin, the new global reserve currency based on social sovereignty cc @stuhood
Wow. How awesome is that? I like this one: https://twitter.com/#!/mbauwens/status/183165130157207552"bitcoin's social soveignty: not created by banks, not by state, but by a group of people who trust in a protocol" |
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March 24, 2012, 03:06:14 PM |
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Isn't it funny? They believe it's a weakness of Bitcoin that it is limited in supply and believe this will lead to it's downfall and yet they have now for the first time paid out a salary in this same currency. I wonder why that is. I wonder if the same thing would happen if Bitcoin wasn't limited in supply.  |
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BubbleBoy
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March 24, 2012, 05:40:32 PM |
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Ripple is an overlay credit network, not a currency. You can't buy anything in ripples, they are just a way to settle debt and clear transactions done in dollars, euros, ounces of gold and silver, and bitcoins. The value of a ripple credit is externally imposed and not determined by the market. Should anyone try to use "unbacked" ripples, there will be instant hiperinflation since I have no problem issuing my friends infinite credit of worthless money and their transaction partners don't have any reason to doubt I will settle the debt - it's worthless.
By definition a credit network needs to work on top of a hard, scarce, fungible monetary base. If the monetary base is not scarce (leaf money), there is no point issuing credit, because there is no incentive to have it payed back. Bitcoin and Ripple are solutions for two different problems.
That being said, the non-economist who wrote tha p2pfoundation text probably refers to the dubious shape of the Bitcoin monetary base, perfectly suited for a pyramid scheme and less so for a functioning, expanding economy.
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March 24, 2012, 06:06:29 PM |
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Ah the old botnet argument again. Don't they realize that botnets are inferior at mining compared to serious mining rigs?
Actually they are kind of right about the botnet problem. The issue is that the flaw (which may be addressable) is not as bad even unfixed as the other options. Nothing is perfect. |
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MoonShadow
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March 24, 2012, 11:45:16 PM |
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Ah the old botnet argument again. Don't they realize that botnets are inferior at mining compared to serious mining rigs?
Actually they are kind of right about the botnet problem. It's not really a problem for bitcoin. It's theft from the bot's actual owners, but we can't really do anything about that. But he's right about botnets being inferior to serious mining operations, it takes several orders of magnitude more energy to hash at a comparable level to a high end graphics card, and when asic mining cards start being mass produced even the graphics cards are going to lose. |
"The powers of financial capitalism had another far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent meetings and conferences. The apex of the systems was to be the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, a private bank owned and controlled by the world's central banks which were themselves private corporations. Each central bank...sought to dominate its government by its ability to control Treasury loans, to manipulate foreign exchanges, to influence the level of economic activity in the country, and to influence cooperative politicians by subsequent economic rewards in the business world."
- Carroll Quigley, CFR member, mentor to Bill Clinton, from 'Tragedy And Hope'
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March 25, 2012, 12:11:07 AM |
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Ah the old botnet argument again. Don't they realize that botnets are inferior at mining compared to serious mining rigs?
Actually they are kind of right about the botnet problem. It's not really a problem for bitcoin. It's theft from the bot's actual owners, but we can't really do anything about that. But he's right about botnets being inferior to serious mining operations, it takes several orders of magnitude more energy to hash at a comparable level to a high end graphics card, and when asic mining cards start being mass produced even the graphics cards are going to lose. Due to the nature of what we are seeing, actually I think that the 1 trans miner is using a small selected 'inventory' of one of the larger botnets that does have the appropriate ATI GPU hardware. |
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March 25, 2012, 11:11:58 AM |
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It's not really a problem for bitcoin. It's theft from the bot's actual owners, but we can't really do anything about that.
Well, I had an idea recently. The owners of the infected computers can sue the botnet operator for the Bitcoins their computers mined. This would counteract the profitability of the botnet operation. Maybe the Bitcoin community can assist with this somehow. Let's say that we find the bots and have the owners sign up on a class action suit. Once the operator is located, he can be hit with the suit. |
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March 25, 2012, 02:24:48 PM |
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It's not really a problem for bitcoin. It's theft from the bot's actual owners, but we can't really do anything about that.
Well, I had an idea recently. The owners of the infected computers can sue the botnet operator for the Bitcoins their computers mined. This would counteract the profitability of the botnet operation. Maybe the Bitcoin community can assist with this somehow. Let's say that we find the bots and have the owners sign up on a class action suit. Once the operator is located, he can be hit with the suit. if... if... if... 99% chance that's not going to happen  |
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March 30, 2012, 07:46:56 AM |
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99% chance that's not going to happen +1 |
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March 30, 2012, 08:12:05 AM |
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It's not really a problem for bitcoin. It's theft from the bot's actual owners, but we can't really do anything about that.
Well, I had an idea recently. The owners of the infected computers can sue the botnet operator for the Bitcoins their computers mined. This would counteract the profitability of the botnet operation. Maybe the Bitcoin community can assist with this somehow. Let's say that we find the bots and have the owners sign up on a class action suit. Once the operator is located, he can be hit with the suit. if... if... if... 99% chance that's not going to happen All you'd have to do is go on HackForums and have yourself get infected and watch all the C&C's that come trolling in like your unaware. |
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Raoul Duke
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March 30, 2012, 10:45:13 AM |
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It's not really a problem for bitcoin. It's theft from the bot's actual owners, but we can't really do anything about that.
Well, I had an idea recently. The owners of the infected computers can sue the botnet operator for the Bitcoins their computers mined. This would counteract the profitability of the botnet operation. Maybe the Bitcoin community can assist with this somehow. Let's say that we find the bots and have the owners sign up on a class action suit. Once the operator is located, he can be hit with the suit. if... if... if... 99% chance that's not going to happen All you'd have to do is go on HackForums and have yourself get infected and watch all the C&C's that come trolling in like your unaware. They distribute trojans for linux on hackforums? I thought skiddies only cared about winblozz  |
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March 31, 2012, 01:54:16 AM |
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It's not really a problem for bitcoin. It's theft from the bot's actual owners, but we can't really do anything about that.
Well, I had an idea recently. The owners of the infected computers can sue the botnet operator for the Bitcoins their computers mined. This would counteract the profitability of the botnet operation. Maybe the Bitcoin community can assist with this somehow. Let's say that we find the bots and have the owners sign up on a class action suit. Once the operator is located, he can be hit with the suit. if... if... if... 99% chance that's not going to happen All you'd have to do is go on HackForums and have yourself get infected and watch all the C&C's that come trolling in like your unaware. They distribute trojans for linux on hackforums? I thought skiddies only cared about winblozz Anything is possible with WINE. xD |
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MoonShadow
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March 31, 2012, 12:08:57 PM |
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It's not really a problem for bitcoin. It's theft from the bot's actual owners, but we can't really do anything about that.
Well, I had an idea recently. The owners of the infected computers can sue the botnet operator for the Bitcoins their computers mined. This would counteract the profitability of the botnet operation. Maybe the Bitcoin community can assist with this somehow. Let's say that we find the bots and have the owners sign up on a class action suit. Once the operator is located, he can be hit with the suit. if... if... if... 99% chance that's not going to happen All you'd have to do is go on HackForums and have yourself get infected and watch all the C&C's that come trolling in like your unaware. They distribute trojans for linux on hackforums? I thought skiddies only cared about winblozz Anything is possible with WINE. xD Not if it's not installed. |
"The powers of financial capitalism had another far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent meetings and conferences. The apex of the systems was to be the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, a private bank owned and controlled by the world's central banks which were themselves private corporations. Each central bank...sought to dominate its government by its ability to control Treasury loans, to manipulate foreign exchanges, to influence the level of economic activity in the country, and to influence cooperative politicians by subsequent economic rewards in the business world."
- Carroll Quigley, CFR member, mentor to Bill Clinton, from 'Tragedy And Hope'
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