Further details on peer-to-peer buying and selling software.

To repeat the above: we need an ability to buy and sell commodities and securities on an anonymous peer-to-peer network. This is the missing piece which will enable an explosion of bitcoin use.

I should be able to start my software, offer cash or gold for bitcoins, have others see my offer and respond, then mail/courier my cash or meet in person with the counter party to complete the trade.

We can kind of do this with bulletin boards. An offer can be posted to the boards such as trading boards on this forum. The problem is that a text offer on a bulletin board is unstructured. The advantage of peer-to-peer software is that structured offers can be made and conducted in regular way without having to free-form it every time.

Any organization, including Mt. Gox, that collaborates with state-sponsored efforts to collect identification, freeze assets or otherwise serve property-related warrants is the enemy of a free world.

This is a battle of principles and ideals and we shall know our friends as those who uphold and personify those ideals without compromise.