Quote from: waxwing on January 15, 2014, 11:05:45 PM

Yeah, I believe that's what fellowtraveller is saying too, but really I wonder. It seems a kind of immature approach.

Quote from: jaime on January 16, 2014, 01:13:05 PM

Besides, they won't like/believe anyone saying Bitcoin will destroy the dollar.

This was my point. They would never believe that the fiat empire will be destroyed. It's just completely outside of the realm of reality to them.

But they do feel a little funny about AML/KYC, so why not offer that to them? And they have recently voiced fears about losing the unit of account, so why not offer them a way to fix it? "Dollarcoin"! "Eurocoin"! This will be perfect in their eyes. They know that banks suck, and that new technology is coming out, but they want to preserve the dollar / euro. Colored coins give them a way to do these things.

What I say about colored coins isn't said in the spirit of deception. It's more in the spirit of "they would never believe us anyway, so why not offer them what they currently think they want?"

The reality is, cryptocurrencies are here to stay. The fiat empire is doomed. It is too late to change anything about that now. But they will never believe that, will they? In the meantime, let's give them what they want so we can get what we want. It will be easier for everyone.

Quote from: jaime on January 16, 2014, 01:13:05 PM

If they ever think that could happen, they will kill Bitcoin in 1 day.

And how do you propose they will do that, the same way they killed Bittorrent?

Quote from: waxwing on January 15, 2014, 11:05:45 PM

Heck, some NSA guys are probably reading this right now and surely they're smart enough to know what's going on.

"Government" is not some giant monolithic person. It's a sea of competing interests and agencies, all composed of individuals with their own priorities.

"NSA" is not the same as "the banks." Likely the NSA doesn't really give a shit (at all) about the priorities of the banks. Most of them are probably good people who just want to protect the country. Many of them are probably like Edward Snowden -- remember where he was working?

The priority of the NSA is data collection, data mining, and systems penetration. (Not controlling the unit-of-account of our money system.)