Quote from: squatter on August 07, 2017, 10:25:15 PM

Quote from: ToxicDartFrog on August 07, 2017, 10:14:36 PM

Quote from: mayax on August 07, 2017, 09:25:59 PM

yes, keep using shit(unregulated) exchangers and the history will repeat. you will lose the funds. Wink

Your logic is terrible and should probably just leave. Funds were not lost due to "unregulated" BTC-e, they were lost BECAUSE of regulators.

Seems like a chicken-and-egg problem. The US government creates the law and is largely free to enforce it as they please across the world. So in that sense, yes: any exchange that serves US customers without holding MSB licenses and complying with AML law can cause customer funds to be lost. The morality of this is a whole different issue.

Quote from: ToxicDartFrog on August 07, 2017, 10:14:36 PM

In no way is what happened to BTC-e an argument FOR regulation and anyone with a genuine opinion (not agenda-driven fud) knows that.

There are two opposing camps that are diverging further and further apart. The cypherpunks who want to create a decentralized world have no interest in complying with government thugs. Others, like our friend above, are bootlickers, and enjoy seeing law enforcement rob people of their hard-earned money.

I guess, you are a cypherpunk, right? I respect your choice.

IMO, a person who have hard-earned money, won't play it with an anonymous exchanger just because their API is better than a regulated one.

Also, a person who have "hard-earned money", won't trade at all. Yes, there are naive(sheep) people who used BTC-e but they have no excuse if they lost big amounts. It's simple to make a due diligence these days. If you are ignorant, you pay. It's plain simple

You don't have to be a "bootlicker" to see straight(the things as they are). We live in a world where there are rules, laws, etc. You have the freedom to chose if you want to live in this society or to retreat in the forest, living like a saint

It's a choice.

If you choose you to be a financial "trader", then you have to comply with the society laws(financial laws in this case). Yes, the laws are far to be perfect but they protect you from time to time. The future belongs to the regulated exchanger. you like it or not, that's it.

Don't forget that few exchangers invested a lot of time and money(see Bitstamp and Coinbase) to in good standing. are they stupid? NO ! they started like BTC-e, without any license, etc but they realized that they won't have any future without this financial license.

it's obvious that you know almost nothing about finance, laws and that's why I will stop here, cypherpunk.