Quote from: gavinandresen on May 11, 2011, 01:18:31 AM

Golly, journeyofrivers is really going to hate me when he finds out I'm an Elected Official and a Cog in the System. Last night I voted to steal millions of dollars from taxpayers and give it to public (I know! Terrible!) schools.

(I'm only barely an elected official, one of 251 elected Amherst Town Meeting members. My punishment is long boring meetings late at night a couple times a year...)

Seriously, we probably agree on most things on a philosophical level. I just believe I'll get farther by taking "small steps to a much better world."

And I, on the other hand, just hope that you will not be corrupted by them, and will reform your ways and cut ties with them before they corrupt you too much. I doubt you can tell the CIA too much that they don't already know.... afterall... they can read all these messages.

The nice thing about bitcoin is that it has nothing to hide. The source code says all that needs to be said (as you pointed out in your Ignite! talk).

More important to find out what their attitude is. If they wanted to come after this community, its not like they would ask permission. They have demonstrated a willingness to lie, cheat, steal, and murder whenever it suits them.... if they wanted to disappear you it would be just that, you would be pushed into a black van and never heard from again. If they wanted to take over the network, they would be devious, and do it well, and we wouldn't figure it out until it was too late.

Best to get whatever info out of them we can, and to know that Big Brother is watching.