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> All this Bitcoin crap is officially ruining Hacker News. Yes, discussion about technology, math, physics, crypto, P2P and the markets they're creating have no place here on Hacke…

> I can choose whichever Government / Central bank fits me the best. Bitcoin actually provides a new choice: government or no-government. People that want government/cb currency ar…

> It is regulating your conduct as an American taxpayer It can't regulate conduct it can't see.

The difference being they can't see you getting paid in bitcoins. They can see you getting paid through banks. They have no regulatory power regarding Bitcoin because they have no …

As Bitcoin has no country or jurisdiction of origin, I fail to see how Bitcoin can be classified as foreign. I also fail to see how the IRS has any regulatory power over a currency…

I'm guessing Clay is in his 20's? If so, I'm approaching 52 years old and I loved this book equally as much in 1966 or thereabouts. If you're reading this, you made my day by remin…

> If the company you store your wallet with is hacked you lose everything, if your laptop is stolen or your dropbox account is hacked... it's as safe as keeping cash in your apartm…

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The Euro is an experimental currency. Don't invest time or money in it that you can't afford to lose. Hackers can break into your account and steal your Euros in the middle of the …

To the point, trusting Coinbase for a successful bitcoin purchase can be touch and go.

There must be some shifting in the geekforce. I just switched back to Firefox a couple of weeks ago on OSX 10.7. Flawless, which is more than I can say for Chrome or Safari.

There's also https://icbit.se for actual futures.

It's booming in some circles, millions a month probably: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Category:Gambling sealswithclubs.eu should be mentioned here too.

> If it was a good store of value you would print out your private key and put it in a safety deposit box I have quite a number of btc stored in cold wallets. My point is that beca…

> No one is accepting Bitcoin as payment and then holding on to them in order to buy something else or pay their workers. Brewster Kahle at archive.org gives his employees the opti…

There are already many electronics for sale for bitcoins: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Trade#Electronics

> what makes me happy is that Google can even disclose any of this at all. That's one way to look at it. Another way might be, "Influential data company prevented from disclosing w…

I happily trade off the security of banks for the freedom of Bitcoin. It's an easy trade. I can watch out for myself.

They'll figure it out someday. Give them time.

> Bitcoin is basically useless except for illicit transactions I'd never spend my bitcoins on drugs or gambling. That's what the rapidly devaluing dollar is for. Recall that the US…

PIA for me. They take Bitcoin and XRP. https://www.privateinternetaccess.com