Quote from: Ragnar Danneskjold on September 11, 2014, 10:54:33 PM

Quote from: NotLambchop on September 11, 2014, 10:06:07 PM

Quote from: ssmc2 on September 11, 2014, 09:51:54 PM

Ragnar- one of the few newbies not on my ignore list Cheesy

Careful. He (Ragnar/Fallling) is garnering your trust. Once your defenses are down, he'll betray you in a dramatic true-believer-realizing-he's-been-duped about-face.

Treacherous, these trolls Angry

Haha. Has that happened before? I know fonzie went the other way. It would require a rather big setback to make me think bitcoin will fail. I can't foresee any such setback other than the breaching of SHA256 or an unfixable flaw in the code - both of which seem ridiculously unlikely.
However, I don't think bitcoin will be the government-slayer I thought it was. I am even becoming concerned that it may turn into a tool of terrible oppression. I still love Madame Bitcoin but I suspect her of infidelity.

Ragnar

I always though that 'government slayer' or 'making banks obsolete' was a ridiculous claim... I really don't see how Bitcoin can make them obsolete within the next years or even decades. It may find its niche - we may not even know what that exactly is right now, but I'm more than excited to find out!