Really? Could you please explain how those 100'000 people get more "freedom from oppresive governments" by using bitcoin? Is "freedom" just evading taxes, or buying illegal drugs, weapons, child porn -- or is there something else?
Claim: in its 6 years of existence, bitcoin has caused 1000x more damage than benefits to the world.
Bitcoin has given me hope to be one day free from the ideas that governs your way of thinking.
Thanks for continually remind me it with every post you make.
There is a group of casinos near my property that has done 10000x more damage than Bitcoin. I've heard of so many families destroyed, homes lost, and gambling addiction leading to crime or worse. Casinos pay fines for cheating smaller than their take, so there is no incentive to do so. They cause drug cartels and organized crime to enter nearby towns and cities. Bitcoin could eliminate cheating casinos and replace them with provably fair ones. Silk Road already proved that Bitcoin prevents drug dealing and other crimes.
The biggest problem with JorgeStolfi is he thinks too small. Its people like him that prevent the needed help from getting to victims of government abuse.
I agree on the fact that gambling is a serious problem, but I don't get how is this related to Bitcoin risks.... in fact mix Bitcoin risks with gambling risks and you get a killer new risk that have never been introduced until Bitcoin inception.
- First funny fact, there is no such as "fair gambling".
- Second funny fact, gambling transactions makes a big piece of Bitcoin daily transactions volume, if not the biggest.... which really gives you a picture about how Bitcoin is used, and about the current user base. (excluding the hoarders and traders)
- Third Funny fact, Silkroad is one of the sites that destroyed so many lives, even the lives of those idiots who did run it, thanks to Bitcoin.