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What a scam. "Net Neutrality" is just a euphemism for "forcing all ISPs to submit to federal licensing to make it easier to coerce them into doing stuff".

They should publicly post all of these "Russian propaganda" items in a single place, so we can all see them.

TERM LIMITS

Everyone knows Seth Rich was the leaker.

> once it is perceived as more than just a nuisance by some major government it will be shut down in a heartbeat Actually, the unique feature that makes Bitcoin special is specific…

Even if there is no other life in the Universe, the Universe would still have to be the size that it is, for life on Earth to even exist at all.

Perhaps you are unfamiliar with the 5th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

What is the Tor .onion address for hacker news? That's what I'm interested in, I'll add it to my bookmarks and use it by default. I don't see why we want to involve exit nodes at a…

The title appears to be exaggerated. According to the article, Overstock is performing all the transactions in their own private system, with hashes periodically posted to the actu…

Mass surveillance is only historically ever used for one purpose: to crush dissent.

Any sufficiently advanced civilization will have encrypted communications, and thus their broadcasts will appear to be noise.

This isn't true. A business can receive Bitcoin and convert it all to gold daily. They can sell some of this gold for cash to pay their expenses. They can also start a separate com…

Cops are going to shoot these people.

I recommend Bitcoin.

Corn is subsidized. It's not that "eating healthy" is "more expensive" necessarily in real terms. A big factor is the fact that our government uses the threat of violence to extrac…

Most of the time, when your CC merchant account is processing cards, they ARE debit cards, but they are being processed through the VISA or Mastercard system, and to the merchant, …

WTF you were using Paypal???

The current cost to send a Bitcoin transaction is about 35 cents. In contrast, if you have a credit card merchant account (if you can even get one...) you will pay 3-7% in fees, pl…

Because their whole field has become centered around a government monopoly over the issuance of money, rather than on human choices in a free market. Since Bitcoin is violence-resi…

Merry Christmas! Here are some brand new videos of the new Open-Transactions desktop app (and mobile app): Intro: http://goo.gl/Ea6rzq Advanced: http://goo.gl/i0J3AF ===> P.S. in t…

I think you misunderstand what government actually is. Government is the collective organization of the individual right to lawful defense. I have a right to use force in self-defe…

I have a right to use force in self-defense. Therefore I have the right to hire a bodyguard to use force in my defense. (In fact it is the same right - delegated.) Therefore we hav…

It's NOT just porn they're blocking. "Extremist" sites, too.

Why assume the economic problems in Bangladesh are caused by lack of social welfare, versus being caused by a lack of protection of property rights and economic freedom?

> The question is not whether to redistribute income, but how much and by which mechanism. The question is not whether to redistribute income, but whether it is acceptable to force…