Quote from: HELP.org on April 24, 2013, 10:58:30 PM

Quote from: kjj on April 24, 2013, 02:42:44 PM

Correct thread title:

Some random guy says that he's heard from "anonymous sources" (aka other random guys), that the government is preparing to prosecute some bitcoin users

It was not some random guy, it was part of a fairly reasonable discussion about FinCEN as a whole and he compared what is happening currently to prior FinCEN actions. I think what he said has a fairly reasonable chance of happening to a small player who cannot fight. Something sparked those rule clarifications and, as he pointed out in the interview, the rules are unclear and may exceed their statutory authority.

The first time I tried to buy Bitcoin the first site I found was Bruce Wagner who had a web site that said I could go to one of the banks he used, make, what he claimed was an "anonymous cash deposit" into his account, and have Bitcoins sent me. I searched on him and decided against it. I can see FinCEN prosecuting something like this as he was using large banks (including my bank).

+1 If you go to freebanking.org and read just a little you will see this guy is not some idiot off the street. I truly don't think what he is saying hear should be taken with a grain of salt. His agenda appears to pro-BTC as he is offering to be that needed liaison between BTC and FINcen.

I definitely believe that if someone that knows what they are talking about doesn't sit down with them soon from the BTC community then they will do whatever they please. No matter what the discussion, ignoring FINcen and letting them just regulate as they think is right will not be good for BTC in anyway. It is way to easy for them now to say, it's main use is for laundering terrorist money. (They have way too much power under The Patriot Act) That is pretty much game over in the USA.