grondilu (OP)
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May 15, 2011, 09:28:16 PM |
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1. Bitcoin is a technologically sound project.
2. Bitcoin is unstoppable without end-user prosecution.
3. Bitcoin is the most dangerous open-source project ever created.
4. Bitcoin may be the most dangerous technological project since the internet itself.
5. Bitcoin is a political statement by technotarians (technological libertarians).*
6. Bitcoins will change the world unless governments ban them with harsh penalties.
 My god, is economic freedom so scary? |
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mjsbuddha
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May 15, 2011, 09:32:18 PM |
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Vasili Sviridov
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May 15, 2011, 09:32:50 PM |
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Some people are just too afraid of freedom and change.
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kiba
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May 15, 2011, 09:34:15 PM |
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Sounds more like praise than fear.
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JohnDoe
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May 15, 2011, 09:35:53 PM |
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lol'ed at "technotarians".
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Nesetalis
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May 15, 2011, 09:36:00 PM |
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it is dangerous... in the sense that it cannot be regulated, watched, or enforced.
most of us dont see that as a bad thing, but never for a minute think its not dangerous. In the right hands, the anonymity of bitcoins could finance anything.
consider: Much of the anti-terroism stuff has been hunted and tracked through money trails... with bitcoins, the money trail is almost non-existant. Hundreds of thousands could potentially be funneled through it in to highly warlike organizations such as the US Gov.. er i mean the taliban.
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May 15, 2011, 09:36:39 PM |
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the headline is more linkbait than anything else I imagine. take it with a pinch of salt.
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mjsbuddha
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May 15, 2011, 09:39:42 PM |
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the headline is more linkbait than anything else I imagine. take it with a pinch of salt.
A lot of people that wouldn't normally bother learning about bitcoins will now due to the sensational headline. Its a good thing in my opinion. |
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grondilu (OP)
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May 15, 2011, 09:40:28 PM |
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lol'ed at "technotarians".
Yeah, I red this word for the first time as well. I like it. |
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May 15, 2011, 09:45:36 PM |
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It's the most gamechanging open source project since the Linux kernel, if you ask me. Time will tell if it is even more so.
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May 15, 2011, 09:48:32 PM |
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'Bitcoin is unstoppable without end-user prosecution' is currently the biggest incorrect bitcoin myth.
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May 15, 2011, 09:53:40 PM |
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'Bitcoin is unstoppable without end-user prosecution' is currently the biggest incorrect bitcoin myth.
just asking -do you think it's incorrect because it is stoppable some other way or incorrect because end-users won't/can't be prosecuted? |
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ShadowOfHarbringer
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May 15, 2011, 10:12:20 PM |
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Banning Bitcoin by governments would only make it more popular.
The real question is: will the governments dare to shut down the whole internet ? Because it is already too late for any other action that could have major effect on Bitcoin economy.
No, seriously.
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May 15, 2011, 10:22:15 PM |
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lol'ed at "technotarians".
+1 @ technotarians. Has a nice ring to it |
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May 15, 2011, 10:23:41 PM |
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Sounds more like praise than fear.
[ Author uncloaking here ] Yes. It's praise. I am a technotarian--and in fact the creator of the word (I think). I'm a huge fan of bitcoin and hope that it take hold. |
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May 15, 2011, 10:33:10 PM |
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Sounds more like praise than fear.
[ Author uncloaking here ] Yes. It's praise. I am a technotarian--and in fact the creator of the word (I think). I'm a huge fan of bitcoin and hope that it take hold. welcome Jason. enjoyed the article and the twist interview the other day. also loving technotarian - it could have legs. wondering how far you're belief in bitcoin goes, just as a hypothetical what would you think over someone pitching you for angel funding for something in the bitcoin sphere. would a "bitcoin venture" be fundable. say something like a p2p money-exchange site (thinking something like transferwise.com) for dollars/euro/gbp to bitcoin and vice-versa. |
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May 15, 2011, 11:07:40 PM |
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jason, i see what people say about your view of yourself is true. you didn't create the word.
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May 15, 2011, 11:08:46 PM |
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Yes. It's praise. I am a technotarian--and in fact the creator of the word (I think).
I'm a huge fan of bitcoin and hope that it take hold.
Welcome to the forum, fellow technotarian. Bitcoin + Poker = Win. |
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May 15, 2011, 11:17:06 PM |
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the headline is more linkbait than anything else I imagine. take it with a pinch of salt.
Typical Calcanis for you. Don't get me wrong though. I want this guy behind us more than anybody. |
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grondilu (OP)
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May 15, 2011, 11:32:49 PM |
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Sounds more like praise than fear.
[ Author uncloaking here ] Yes. It's praise. I am a technotarian--and in fact the creator of the word (I think). I'm a huge fan of bitcoin and hope that it take hold. Hi Jason, I've just realised that you are quite a famous and successful IT entrepreneur. Welcome on this forum. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Calacanis |
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