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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Crazy Land Rush
by
the founder
on 30/07/2011, 02:59:22 UTC
yep we're the first bitcoin bank...  now I am not sure where to find the legal documents in Washington surrounding a bitcoin bank.   Honestly if you can find that let me know.  

Well you can be a federally chartered bank, or a state chartered bank. It costs millions in capital either way.

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But can you be a federally or state charted Bitcoin bank?   Seriously Washington moves fast!

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Do you have lawyers?
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yep at $300/ hour two of them...  
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I'm not a lawyer, but you don't even seem to have a legal disclaimer anywhere about you not legally being an actual bank, unless I'm missing that link.


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You're not missing the link.   It's just that it's not needed.  Yes our company lawyer (and we had a second opinion as well) said that the term bank can apply to the side of a road,  a sharp turn,  a storage facility,  or a financial institution.  

On a second note, I used to work for a company called DomainBank.com for 10 years..  I don't recall a "charter on their front door"  either.. considering you couldn't deposit USD there...  nor can you at Flexcoin ...

I understand your concern,  but we already hashed this out months ago when we were building the bitcoin bank.    But i'll put a note on the TOS regarding it to ensure that everyone feels better about it.