rishimoko

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by rishimoko 13y ago
> All this Bitcoin crap is officially ruining Hacker News. Yes, discussion about technology, math, physics, crypto, P2P and the markets they're creating have no place here on Hacker News.
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by rishimoko 13y ago
> I can choose whichever Government / Central bank fits me the best. Bitcoin actually provides a new choice: government or no-government. People that want government/cb currency are free to choose it. People that want no-government mone
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by rishimoko 13y ago
> It is regulating your conduct as an American taxpayer It can't regulate conduct it can't see.
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by rishimoko 13y ago
The difference being they can't see you getting paid in bitcoins. They can see you getting paid through banks. They have no regulatory power regarding Bitcoin because they have no way to enforce it.
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Bitcoin: the network, monetized(peculium.net)
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by rishimoko 13y ago
As Bitcoin has no country or jurisdiction of origin, I fail to see how Bitcoin can be classified as foreign. I also fail to see how the IRS has any regulatory power over a currency not defined by US tax law.
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Fedcoin: A centrally-issued alternative to peer-to-peer currencies(peculium.net)
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by rishimoko 13y ago
I'm guessing Clay is in his 20's? If so, I'm approaching 52 years old and I loved this book equally as much in 1966 or thereabouts. If you're reading this, you made my day by reminding me of it. > "Coding democratized how we can solve o
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by rishimoko 14y ago
> If the company you store your wallet with is hacked you lose everything, if your laptop is stolen or your dropbox account is hacked... it's as safe as keeping cash in your apartment. If your bank fucks up your money is (almost always)
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by rishimoko 14y ago
; )
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by rishimoko 14y ago
The Euro is an experimental currency. Don't invest time or money in it that you can't afford to lose. Hackers can break into your account and steal your Euros in the middle of the night if you don't secure your wallet so never store your Eu
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Hiring: Website Developer + Graphics Designer(bitcointalk.org)
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by rishimoko 14y ago
To the point, trusting Coinbase for a successful bitcoin purchase can be touch and go.
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by rishimoko 14y ago
There must be some shifting in the geekforce. I just switched back to Firefox a couple of weeks ago on OSX 10.7. Flawless, which is more than I can say for Chrome or Safari.
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by rishimoko 14y ago
There's also https://icbit.se for actual futures.
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by rishimoko 14y ago
It's booming in some circles, millions a month probably: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Category:Gambling sealswithclubs.eu should be mentioned here too.
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Attn coders: 24 btc (and growing) bounty for OSX bitcoin client(bitcointalk.org)
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by rishimoko 14y ago
> If it was a good store of value you would print out your private key and put it in a safety deposit box I have quite a number of btc stored in cold wallets. My point is that because of Bitcoin, I actually have fluid wealth to move aro
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by rishimoko 14y ago
> No one is accepting Bitcoin as payment and then holding on to them in order to buy something else or pay their workers. Brewster Kahle at archive.org gives his employees the option to be paid in bitcoin received by the site. > As
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by rishimoko 14y ago
There are already many electronics for sale for bitcoins: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Trade#Electronics
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by rishimoko 14y ago
> what makes me happy is that Google can even disclose any of this at all. That's one way to look at it. Another way might be, "Influential data company prevented from disclosing what the government is doing on the company's network".
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by rishimoko 14y ago
I happily trade off the security of banks for the freedom of Bitcoin. It's an easy trade. I can watch out for myself.
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by rishimoko 14y ago
They'll figure it out someday. Give them time.
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by rishimoko 14y ago
> Bitcoin is basically useless except for illicit transactions I'd never spend my bitcoins on drugs or gambling. That's what the rapidly devaluing dollar is for. Recall that the US dollar is Narco Currency #1 on the planet. Bitcoins are
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by rishimoko 14y ago
PIA for me. They take Bitcoin and XRP. https://www.privateinternetaccess.com
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by rishimoko 14y ago
I recall this being said when Bitcoin was at around a dollar and ever since.