Quote from: freequant on June 21, 2011, 05:03:17 PM

Why are you all confusing MtGox and Bitcoin?
Here we are talking about MtGox, not Bitcoin.
Would MtGox be trading carrots instead of bitcoins, that would not change at all my argument.

Are all people on this forum suffering of selection bias?

many lack business experience and perspective, and they derive their legal and political propositions from impractical abstractions. you have to keep in mind, unfortunately, that in these forums you're arguing practical matters that require context-sensitivity with inexperienced people who lack perspective and are easily blind to the faults of any argument that is presented to them as 'in favour of the free market'.

what you're saying in this discussion seems correct to me.

those who think bitcoin is opposed to the very notion of contract law and regulated markets misunderstand bitcoin, contract law, and markets.