Quote from: justusranvier on January 15, 2014, 11:00:31 PM

Quote from: waxwing on January 15, 2014, 10:46:02 PM

If Gavin wants to talk to people like this (it might be better if he didn't, but OK), why doesn't he just tell them the truth? You could say it would cause panic and uproar, but it's coming anyway ...

The next best thing after not talking to them at all would be luring them into a false sense of security.

Yeah, I believe that's what fellowtraveller is saying too, but really I wonder. It seems a kind of immature approach. My point is that there will be at least some nastiness at some point, but Bitcoin is strong enough now that I don't think it can be killed so why not bring it out into the open. Heck, some NSA guys are probably reading this right now and surely they're smart enough to know what's going on. We can be painted (as a "community" or whatever) as a bunch of deceitful liars if we deliberately try to hide the disruptive effect of this technology. At some point we will be painted very, very black I think. Let's not give them ammunition.