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ferdo

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    Comment #6786003

    Bitcoin's rise in value will reflect the same curve that rise of information has taken: http://peculium.net/2013/04/08/bitcoin-is-a-bubble-only-if-y... Straight up is also a curve.…

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    Comment #6785846

    > Name a time and place where you'd rather live than today in the western world. Fiji, circa 16th century.

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    Comment #6785833

    Maybe you could submit a video of someone doing a dramatic reading of the Patriot Act as a counterpoint.

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    Comment #6759271

    Buy gold at a coin store/jewelry store. Sell gold for btc to: https://www.goldsilverbitcoin.com/products/gold/gold-america...

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    Comment #6755816

    > "The distrust of the political system is unhealthy," he says. Tell that to the dead souls of the Jewish, Russian/kulak, Native American, Cambodian, Central American and hundreds …

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    Comment #6715990

    The future price of Bitcoin will recapitulate the rise of information: http://peculium.net/2013/04/08/bitcoin-is-a-bubble-only-if-y...

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    Comment #6708294

    > if you can't buy BitCoin in your native currency legally My native currency is now Bitcoin. ;)

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    Comment #6706908

    The first altcoin to utilize and implement M-of-N-signatures will take over. Bitcoin is close but not quite.

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    Comment #6703712

    China likes Bitcoin because the USG doesn't. As long as that dynamic holds, Bitcoin is safe in China. Unlike the US, a hundred million+ internet users in China are already accustom…

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    Comment #6703614

    And as more dollars come into existence, they'll continue to be worth less in comparison to Bitcoin's fixed supply. Also, the accumulated transactional value of Bitcoin is increasi…

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    Comment #6703437

    > Step 1: make Bitcoin exchanges illegal to operate. There is no Step 2. Step 2 is moving my Bitcoin business to a country that's not afraid of Bitcoin.

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    Comment #6703431

    Then the yuan exchanges will pick up the slack. I'd dump my dollars for yuan and btc, as would other people. The USG would be slitting its own throat if it made btc > $ exchanges o…

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    Comment #6703124

    How does the US govt. deploy force against decentralized crypto? It can go after the exchanges and clamp down on bank-to-Bitcoin services but it can do nothing against the network …

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    Comment #6689126

    > Filtering is not always bad That wasn't the issue. The issue was the word 'censorship' being perceived as a biased word. Only censors or those with the predilection to censor wou…

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    Comment #6687365

    Buy some gold or silver if the price of btc gets up to where you want it: amagimetals.com goldsilverbitcoin.com I fixed up my house with a Lowe's giftcard bought with btc: gyft.com…

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    Comment #6675934

    Let them bust a few miners. More will take their place.

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    Comment #6675798

    > US billionaire Sheldon Adelson - a staunch supporter of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a big donor to the Republican party - who said dropping an atom bomb in the …

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    Comment #6668484

    > "Censorship" is a biased word Only to someone in favor of censorship.

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    Comment #6661831

    Kyle, you're kind of a badass. This could be an important project for Bitcoin usability. I'll be sending you some satoshis in the next few days for a bounty to hand out.

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