As if we give a kernel of a shit, joint or several, whether self-proclaimed "regulators" approve or don't approve. The issue is whether Bitcoin will approve any regulator and which exactly, not whether some obscure bureaucrat somewhere thinks it proper for the Sun to come out tomorrow.
Haha. You know what? Abrasiveness has its place. I really like you today.
(As if you care!)
Quoted snippet is being stolen by me in part as a key quotable.
FWIW, for me, Andreas Antonopolis is my Bitcoin Jesus (if I must pick one). If I were to pick a Mr. Bitcoin where it implies a successful business with no major shady side dealings or suspicions, I'd currently nominate Tony Gallippi, perhaps. He plays within the regulatory boundaries mostly, yes; I'm hoping and hopeful he does it because he is playing the long game where starting conservatively will allow BitPay to make a larger difference long-term than coming out guns-blazing an-cap (much as some of us might like to see).
I hope my picks are right. Also, obviously, very little credit is given (beyond a few stories that day) for your associate's heroic assist in keeping the lights on for OpenBSD. All hail Sean's Outpost, which is wonderful, but perhaps more limited in scope than the harder-to-quantify but significant reach of keeping projects like that alive.
It's the greatest show on earth, and no one is Mr. Bitcoin. Or we all are. And regardless of the DPRs and the Shrems and all the others that are human and making human choices, the show must go on...
edited for a few significant autocorrect errors