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Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion
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JayJuanGee
on 14/04/2014, 08:54:43 UTC
Quote from: chessnut on April 14, 2014, 03:10:38 AM
Quote from: JorgeStolfi on April 14, 2014, 02:47:08 AM
Quote from: aminorex on April 14, 2014, 02:12:18 AM
I once left my motorcycle outside downtown with the ignition hotwired.  It wasnt there when I came back.  I don't blame the city. I don't defame it or consider its people more or less criminal than those of other cities.
Come on, it was not that petty vandalism of Wikipedia that gave me that negative view of the bitcoin "ecosystem".  It is the bulk of what I have read over these four months, especially the hype coming from the "great names". 

Bitcoin was crippled by two great disasters: first, its adoption by "libertarians", and, second, the blooming of the Chinese market.  These developments turned what could have been a great e-commerce invention into the instrument of a legion of skimmers, scammers, and common criminals.  Will the "pure" bitcoiners (if there are any left) have the will and power to get rid of those parasites, before they kill the idea?  I don't see that happening.

'parasites' will save bitcoin if all else fails. one day we may be criminals for using bitcoin, but that wont kill bitcoin, or it wont stop bitcoin 2.0. What is a 'pure' bitcoiner?

I could have seen the criminalization of bitcoin a few months ago; however, in recent months bitcoin, at least in the USA is moving more and more towards attempts at coopting aspects of bitcoin and regulating bitcoin to some extent.   Currently, these moves have made criminalization of bitcoin as a whole, less and less likely; however, I can still envision various kinds of conduct related to bitcoin that will remain confusing and there will likely be a lot of divide and conquer related to bitcoin.. especially various attempts to escape or to manuever around the various ambiguous regulations that are likely to evolve to keep us all on our toes.. so you are still going to need to be connected or to maintain appearances of being mainstream in order to be more insured against being prosecuted, persecuted and/or having your bitcoins or other tangible property taken from you.... with da government seems to like to do.