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    Why Bitcoin...Will Inevitably Become Tools Of The Rich, Powerful, and Criminal

    Why Bitcoin (And Other Cryptocurrencies) Will Inevitably Become Tools Of The Rich, Powerful, and Criminal


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    Re: Why Bitcoin...Will Inevitably Become Tools Of The Rich, Powerful, and Criminal

    Quote Originally Posted by JohnQPublic View Post
    Why Bitcoin (And Other Cryptocurrencies) Will Inevitably Become Tools Of The Rich, Powerful, and Criminal

    The title should be "Why Bitcoin...Will Inevitably Become Tools Of The Rich, Powerful Criminals"
    DON'T TAKE THE VACCINE!

    THE SHIT HAS HIT THE FAN!

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    Re: Why Bitcoin...Will Inevitably Become Tools Of The Rich, Powerful, and Criminal

    Quote Originally Posted by EE_ View Post
    The title should be "Why Bitcoin...Will Inevitably Become Tools Of The Rich, Powerful Criminals"
    Or maybe Why [insert item of value here] Will Inevitably Become Tools Of The Rich, Powerful, and Criminal

    item = food, money, gold, water, weapons, toilet paper, etc.

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    Re: Why Bitcoin...Will Inevitably Become Tools Of The Rich, Powerful, and Criminal

    Quote Originally Posted by JohnQPublic View Post
    Or maybe Why [insert item of value here] Will Inevitably Become Tools Of The Rich, Powerful, and Criminal

    item = food, money, gold, water, weapons, toilet paper, etc.
    Aha! again Silver does not make the top 5 list...

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    Re: Why Bitcoin...Will Inevitably Become Tools Of The Rich, Powerful, and Criminal

    Honestly, if that happens, the anarcho capitalists who started it will simply start another one that they can use free from impediment from the "rich, powerful and criminal".
    "Liberty is so creative, and the government is so stupid, that I’m very optimistic about the future"
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    Re: Why Bitcoin...Will Inevitably Become Tools Of The Rich, Powerful, and Criminal

    Quote Originally Posted by madfranks View Post
    Honestly, if that happens, the anarcho capitalists who started it will simply start another one that they can use free from impediment from the "rich, powerful and criminal".



    Yep, thats the beauty of cryptocurrencies!
    "We can guarantee cash benefits as far out and at whatever size you like, but we cannot guarantee their purchasing power." – Alan Greenspan

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    Re: Why Bitcoin...Will Inevitably Become Tools Of The Rich, Powerful, and Criminal

    I've posted elsewhere already, but really good description of how bc works, and a pitch for using it, by clif high on red ice radio here:

    Clif High - Hour 1 - Bandwidth Caps, Bitcoin, ISON & Nummo Origins

    full description inside ^. Advance to about 30 mins to hear the bc discussion. Despite the chatter around GSUS about bc over the past ~year; I've never really checked it out. This podcast was a great intro. It reminds me of the part 2 or 3? of "Money As Debt", where this sort of currency model was advocated.

    I don't have time to watch both M.A.D. 2 & 3 again; here they are, check them out if you never watched-- I recall it was the latter half of the video where the bc-like currency model was advocated:

    MONEY AS DEBT 2, THE TRUTH ABOUT MONEY

    MONEY AS DEBT 3, THE TRUTH ABOUT MONEY

    FAKE "ELECTIONS" - Why Ron Paul Can't "Win"

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    Re: Why Bitcoin...Will Inevitably Become Tools Of The Rich, Powerful, and Criminal

    Quote Originally Posted by madfranks View Post
    Honestly, if that happens, the anarcho capitalists who started it will simply start another one that they can use free from impediment from the "rich, powerful and criminal".
    I'm a crypto-anarchist (with a Nationalist flare.)


    Almost the same thing as anarcho-capitalism, but you create "Law and Order" through cryptography.

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    Re: Why Bitcoin...Will Inevitably Become Tools Of The Rich, Powerful, and Criminal

    I'm with rawdog, if it comes to trading E-flakes I'll just optout and trade mercury dimes, chickens and mangos.

    Too much maintenance over a nothingness barter chip.

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    Re: Why Bitcoin...Will Inevitably Become Tools Of The Rich, Powerful, and Criminal

    i already trade with a paper and everyone i hand it to take it . and they dont know me nor were i live
    “Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you’re not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean, mad-dog mean. ‘Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That’s just the way it is.” ~ Outlaw Josey Wales…

    STOP F*CKING WITH US.

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