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Did they do this to "protect" people, or for more control? Almost any ban can be said to be done to protect people. Cant have them reading some books for their own good!

#1 Nothing more than what is needed. I agreed with many of his points, but I always place this as number one.

Anything "big" causes me to pause and count the concerns. The bigger any entity is the more damage they can cause. I tend to support "small" things as best I can.

I have read FinCen guidelines and not being a lawyer its not clear to me. In one part it seems to say its fine but in another it appears to be able to fit into "exchanger" I find i…

After looking around it appears there is no easy answer. I also wont be taking any responses as "legal advice". I will break it down to a simple example. Lets say A friend wants to…

Please link to some information.

I would also add that there are many cryptos, that comes into play in a few ways. One major difference with traditional "money" right now is the wild price fluctuations. You can ha…

I would say much of the negativity is because certain very large institutions have a huge incentive to not want bitcoin to "succeed" and would paint it in a negative light any way …

While I am sure those reasons play a part I think thats not even close to all of what makes it valuable. Ease of use is a huge one. I can set up a wallet in less than a minute and …

Please post what he said is incorrect. I read the article and found he is mostly correct depending on models etc. Perhaps I missed something but there were no blatent lies etc from…

I notice most articles and news coverage dont get too much into the details. Its nice to hear some counterpoints.

And things like this http://reason.com/blog/2017/06/01/california-gov-jerry-brown...

I find it interesting this article says nothing about the actual details of the agreement.

I would say people.

I wonder how many know the details of what the deal actually is.

Thats what I really value about them. It removes all of the below and then some. "That never happened. Forget I said that. Can we start again? I’m just going to pretend you didn’t …

Whats interesting and very telling is the medias coverage of this.

It amazes me how few know about the mounds. I look through a lot of the books from 1840's that detail them all in Oh/Mi/IL/etc. Link with cool descriptions and maps etc of those in…

If you are a US citizen contact your representative and let them know you want people held accountable. Be active in social media calling for the same (if you're on social media). …

I dont understand much of the "hate" that goes on with bitcoin/blockchain in tech circles. I get that people may not like the ideology/uses of some of the people involved but that …

I love using the original GLO maps from 1800s, you can find some fascinating long forgotten things on them. I enjoy a good map nerd session myself.