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Re: Silk Road: anonymous marketplace. Feedback requested :)
ppl probably clicked report to moderator and it automatically disabled the thread
if investors are dumping money into HYIPs on tons of open forums which are basically illegal ponzi schemes offering 125% return this is really no different. problem is authorities will be able to track this kind of fraud, he will be on security cameras and his pics handed out to every store security employee in the entire chain
if investors are dumping money into HYIPs on tons of open forums which are basically illegal ponzi schemes offering 125% return this is really no different. problem is authorities will be able to track this kind of fraud, he will be on security cameras and his pics handed out to every store security employee in the entire chain
I assume he has done his own due diligence on what his personal risks are and is willing to take them. People steal stuff from retail estalishments all the time in a variety of ways, some get caught, some don't. Maybe investors get their money, maybe they don't. Maybe he gets caught, maybe he doesn't. Still, it is interesting - even from a purely academic perspective - in terms of what kinds of transactions this currency might make more accessible.
and yes, there are illegal gambling opportunities as well as HYIPs as well as 50 other things being offered to people all over the forums. You can't just run a lottery or an unregulated casino offering a blackjack game you just coded last night.
Re: Silk Road: anonymous marketplace. Feedback requested :)
private bittorrent trackers. The notable difference, though, is that most content on SR is a quite a bit more illegal. Still, it's worth the try especially after all the heat from the assholes at Gawker.
Private trackers are about keeping seeding ratios up and preventing large influxes of leechers at one time. It's not even stopping the copyright police, mostly because they don't have to worry about it, can harvest there 10,000 IPs for the day's shake down laters from non-private trackers. It's not keeping law enforcement out. You think an invite only system would work for something that actually has law enforcement interest like a CP tracker?
There are two levels of security -- one relies on a small and close circle of trust where people are on a need to know basis and everyone is being vouched for. This only works in very small situations. Even then, not foolproof.
Many users - better security through obscurity. every small barrier you put up creates more problems for regular potential user, not a problem at all for someone whose job it is to circumvent them.
Re: Silk Road: anonymous marketplace. Feedback requested :)
invites actually don't increase security at all
(you think a LEO would have a hard time getting an invitiation?)
and they increase the probability that the person you are dealing with is a LEO because of this. Average user gets frustrated, forgets about it after an hour. LEO gets paid to get an invite.
SR admins, please keep market free and open both as experiment in possibilities and because it actually offers best protection for users.
(you think a LEO would have a hard time getting an invitiation?)
and they increase the probability that the person you are dealing with is a LEO because of this. Average user gets frustrated, forgets about it after an hour. LEO gets paid to get an invite.
SR admins, please keep market free and open both as experiment in possibilities and because it actually offers best protection for users.
So now mods are pulling threads?
How libertarian of them.
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to Labeltech:
I'm actually highly interested in this. I'm not sure how contractual relationships would work beyond trust, and I assume the existence of shareholders would be kept secret in the event of being caught.
Let the whiners whine. They are the ones cheering any bitcoin rally when it is clear that for the forseeable future bitcoin will be most useful to facilitate transactions like these. In any case, if people think it just happens to be a coincidence that there is so much interest in Bitcoin right now from Russia and Russia also just happens to be essentially a mafia-state at this time.....
OP I am interested in your business model for both curiosity and political reasons.
If you get kicked off the boards - anotheralias@hushmail.com
How libertarian of them.
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to Labeltech:
I'm actually highly interested in this. I'm not sure how contractual relationships would work beyond trust, and I assume the existence of shareholders would be kept secret in the event of being caught.
Let the whiners whine. They are the ones cheering any bitcoin rally when it is clear that for the forseeable future bitcoin will be most useful to facilitate transactions like these. In any case, if people think it just happens to be a coincidence that there is so much interest in Bitcoin right now from Russia and Russia also just happens to be essentially a mafia-state at this time.....
OP I am interested in your business model for both curiosity and political reasons.
If you get kicked off the boards - anotheralias@hushmail.com