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I wouldn't be surprised if you're killbanned for disagreeing with one of HN's many insane libertarian nut jobs. This place is packed to the rafters with people who really believe t…

> That's hardly controversial. You're right, it's not controversial. It's flatly, inarguably wrong. A business leader would very happily use a broken equity market to raise capital…

There are plenty of intelligent people who believe that bitcoin is the myspace of digital money. And plenty of other intelligent people who believe that it can be made just fine by…

Forget causality, can you even show a meaningful positive correlation between welfare as % GDP and alcoholism or obesity? Are Moldova, the Czech Republic and Hungary hotbeds of wel…

That's not a remotely fair comparison, as Bitcoin is capable of processing a grand total of 7 transactions per second, globally. That's not a typo. Seven. For the whole damned BTC …

"IMO they probably will" The market currently has MtGoxBTC priced as though there's a 42% chance of a timely payout. If the real odds are 75%, there's an opportunity to make $200 o…

There's a substantive difference between wanting great service, and simply wanting what you were promised. AirBNB fails on both accounts.