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DrTarantism

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    Comment #8365533

    I think that the Government is manipulating the people and that these new laws will certainly be abused. I think that it is up to the entrepreneurial community to come up with solu…

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    Comment #8277546

    I didn't say that banks cared about frustration. I said that banks would lose customers

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    Comment #8268272

    It's a complicated issue. Banks are partly afraid of adopting something new. If Bank A is amongst the first American banks to switch and something goes wrong, Bank B may win its bu…

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    Comment #8268219

    It's all politics. Its a big financial commitment for whichever side goes first. The US has a bigger population than Britain. And perhaps the industry politics were different there…

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    Comment #8267457

    Its not a blase attitude. Its a chicken and egg situation. The credit card companies want to implement it but they need the stores to upgrade their point of sale hardware to accept…

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    Comment #7650645

    I might be interested in being a part of an alternative to bitcoin. Seems like an interesting project, but a difficult one too.

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    Comment #7645184

    I never said that all claims were paid or that all banks were equal. I simply said that Bitcoin is not the great solution people think it is. Its much worse than what you are descr…

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    Comment #7644356

    I live in Australia so we do have greater protections and safer banks than in America. But regardless, those tax payer bail outs are still part of the banking system. The banking s…

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    Comment #7644111

    Banks may be greedy but in exchange for their greed they protect my money. As an analogy, Governments may be lacking in integrity, but they offer protection such as police, laws, a…