Quote from: jojo69 on March 04, 2014, 09:57:01 PM

Quote from: adamstgBit on March 04, 2014, 09:42:19 PM

so its official stamps is the new gox

we're all going to get stamped!

Grin

my impression from my, admittedly brief, tenure over on the cool kids forum was that the smart money is on BTC-e...believe it or not

What is "smart" money? As compared with non-smart money?

Quote from: Richy_T on March 04, 2014, 10:01:10 PM

Quote from: JayJuanGee on March 04, 2014, 08:46:19 PM

Quote from: Richy_T on March 04, 2014, 08:39:58 PM

Quote from: JayJuanGee on March 04, 2014, 08:28:50 PM

I am NOT one of them b/c I believe in government as the will of the people.

So do the libertarians.

I may have overstated this point to some extent - b/c I recognize that there may exist several flavors of libertarianism...

My main point is that i do NOT view govt as the problem. However, I do believe that too much money influence in buying politicians is more frequently the problem that makes our government go awry.... ... ultimately, money should NOT be used to purchase politicians or to divert them from representing the will of the people.

I was being a little obtuse but my point was that libertarians do not believe that "the will of the people" is the be-all and end-all of what is right. Central to most right-libertarian philosophy is the non-aggression principle and democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner.

Yeah... maybe each of us is being a little obtuse b/c I am NOT really very inclined to get into some in-depth political debate about whether or NOT libertarianism is a good idea or even necessarily to discuss the role of the vote, representation, the will of the people or money in politics.

Even though politics may in several ways come to bear in the discussion of bitcoin and other crypto-currencies, I was personally attempting to make the point that whether a person believes in bitcoin or NOT does NOT necessarily have to concern whether he believes in big government or NOT.

Frequently, there can be tensions with various competing ideologies concerning the largess and the role of govt, yet in the end, it DOES NOT seem to be black and white - especially when it comes to blanket statements concerning whether govt should be big or small....