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Re: Libertarians and gun rights activits here is how the rest of the world sees you
At the beginning of politics there was a free market for force. Anyone who could round up a posse had his own little army that could provide protection in exchange for tribute - of food, gold, women, whatever. The successful posses became states, and as more land and people came under their protection they started establishing bureaucracies to manage it all.
Over the years many of these groups failed.
Nowadays force is controlled by a cartel known as the UN of about 200 of these groups who call themselves countries, have mostly agreed upon territories for their control, and support each other if any nascent group tries to challenge their monopoly. They've diversified somewhat from their original purposes - though they still exact tribute, they now offer more services in return.
Now, this is my critique of libertarianism:
We view the original state of nature as pure freedom. These groups formed corporations to provide security to their customers in exchange for tribute - payment - which was given to their shareholders: the warriors or nobility. Doesn't history then prove that over the course of time a state of infinite competition settles into one of multiple monopolies which band together to stamp out potential challengers in their market? This entirely disproves libertarianism's main argument that infinite competition will provide infinite freedom.
Over the years many of these groups failed.
Nowadays force is controlled by a cartel known as the UN of about 200 of these groups who call themselves countries, have mostly agreed upon territories for their control, and support each other if any nascent group tries to challenge their monopoly. They've diversified somewhat from their original purposes - though they still exact tribute, they now offer more services in return.
Now, this is my critique of libertarianism:
We view the original state of nature as pure freedom. These groups formed corporations to provide security to their customers in exchange for tribute - payment - which was given to their shareholders: the warriors or nobility. Doesn't history then prove that over the course of time a state of infinite competition settles into one of multiple monopolies which band together to stamp out potential challengers in their market? This entirely disproves libertarianism's main argument that infinite competition will provide infinite freedom.
A lot of people are telling you what they "would" do if they had 1600 BTC - invest 1/5, buy mining hardware with 1/3, keep 1/29 in a paper wallet, put 1/2 in a long term annuity, etc. When they'd actually cash half out via something like coinbase or BitStamp (which is based in the UK) and keep half or so as it is, to appreciate.
Go with your gut feeling. Don't fall for the hypotheticals; get some money for yourself, your family, etc and leave some for the future. That's my advice, from a fellow Pole
Oh, and a final tip - don't let people besides your parents know how much money you have. They'll start hovering around you not out of any sense of real camaraderie, but to get at your money. That's ruined a lot of instantly rich people I know personally.
Go with your gut feeling. Don't fall for the hypotheticals; get some money for yourself, your family, etc and leave some for the future. That's my advice, from a fellow Pole
Oh, and a final tip - don't let people besides your parents know how much money you have. They'll start hovering around you not out of any sense of real camaraderie, but to get at your money. That's ruined a lot of instantly rich people I know personally.
Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion
Re: Potential inventor of Bitcoin - related or married to Michelle Szabo?
@Gusti:
I apologize that you feel like my research is obnoxious.
Let me explain. The information I provided was simply for fun rather than some wild attempt to locate the founder. Honestly, I could not care less who he or she or they are, but would like to publicly congratulate them nonetheless on an absolutely magnificent piece of work that has a chance to change the world.
As mentioned, for a living I work in the media consulting industry so I felt that my rare data should be shared within the Bitcoin community to stimulate the forum by providing evidence of the trends and ownership records of domain assets, no harm intended.
Take care.
I apologize that you feel like my research is obnoxious.
Let me explain. The information I provided was simply for fun rather than some wild attempt to locate the founder. Honestly, I could not care less who he or she or they are, but would like to publicly congratulate them nonetheless on an absolutely magnificent piece of work that has a chance to change the world.
As mentioned, for a living I work in the media consulting industry so I felt that my rare data should be shared within the Bitcoin community to stimulate the forum by providing evidence of the trends and ownership records of domain assets, no harm intended.
Take care.
It's true that btc has gone far beyond what its creator(s) could possibly have imagined.
However, I feel this research does corroborate two pieces of data we have about btc:
1. How politically distant "Satoshi" was from btc's community (privacy advocates, free traders, cryptography/cryptocurrency fans, libertarians, etc.) since its inception
2. How Karpelès has treated Mt. Gox since he acquired it - implementing trading caps, price controls, removing privacy to withdraw USD, otherwise interfering with the market
It seems to me Karpelès/Satoshi came into this not as a part of the community but as someone interested in capitalizing off the niche, and the way he is running Mt. Gox now - like a state, basically - proves he is not particularly interested in liberty, privacy, et al.
Just my 2 mBTC
Re: Potential inventor of Bitcoin - related or married to Michelle Szabo?
So Logically
1994 => NSA publishes paper on Electronic Currencies
1998 => Nick Szabo conceives bitgold
1999 => Circle is founded. Possible joint venture between Szabo Karpeles, and others.
2000 => Mark Karpeles registers bitcoins.com
2004 => Bitpay is founded, paving the way for a ready to roll bitcoin payment processor.
2004 => Mt Gox is founded, paving the way for a bitcoin exchange.
2008 => Bitcoin.org is registered.
2009 => Bitcoin is launched by Satoshi Nakamoto
correct me if i'm wrong but... whooooaaaa
1994 => NSA publishes paper on Electronic Currencies
1998 => Nick Szabo conceives bitgold
1999 => Circle is founded. Possible joint venture between Szabo Karpeles, and others.
2000 => Mark Karpeles registers bitcoins.com
2004 => Bitpay is founded, paving the way for a ready to roll bitcoin payment processor.
2004 => Mt Gox is founded, paving the way for a bitcoin exchange.
2008 => Bitcoin.org is registered.
2009 => Bitcoin is launched by Satoshi Nakamoto
correct me if i'm wrong but... whooooaaaa
I'd add
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2011 => Mt Gox is taken over by Tibanne Ltd., a company registered by Mark Karpelès in Tokyo, Japan
Re: Potential inventor of Bitcoin - related or married to Michelle Szabo?
Very interesting...
If Mark Karpelès registered bitcoins.org on 3/30/2000, has coding experience as his LinkedIn proves, and lives in Japan (whence the pseudonym), I think it's a match as to him being Satoshi Nakamoto!
EDIT: might be helpful to rearrange your list of websites by date, from oldest to youngest maybe bold or italicize names that are related (ex. Jennifer Dromon or Mark Karpelès appearing multiple times)
If Mark Karpelès registered bitcoins.org on 3/30/2000, has coding experience as his LinkedIn proves, and lives in Japan (whence the pseudonym), I think it's a match as to him being Satoshi Nakamoto!
EDIT: might be helpful to rearrange your list of websites by date, from oldest to youngest
maybe bold or italicize names that are related (ex. Jennifer Dromon or Mark Karpelès appearing multiple times)