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The elephant in the room is that in addition to the obvious upside these platforms are ripe for money laundering.
There is no elephant here.
Have to imagine they are heavily mining bitcoin as well.
Seriously though, why would mining bitcoins benefit them?
Don't waste your time on them. They just want to reduce the costs of carrying around cash in black satchels. Get feedback from the NSA instead.
PS: According to Wikipedia Tor Originally sponsored by the US Naval Research Laboratory,[10] so that's another group that's probably worth looking into.
The elephant in the room is that in addition to the obvious upside these platforms are ripe for money laundering.
Current currencies "cash platform" already provides such services. Also offshoring, lobbying, loopholes in the law and creative accounting. There is no elephant here.
Have to imagine they are heavily mining bitcoin as well.
To what end? Given that they're funded by the US govt. if they need more cash, they can just ask Uncle Sam to warm up the printer... Seriously though, why would mining bitcoins benefit them?
The elephant in the room is that in addition to the obvious upside these platforms are ripe for money laundering.
Good to see something happening. I hadn't seen anything regarding Bitcoin on HN for about 24 hours and was starting to get worried.
Aren't these goals are completely at odds with the goals of the government, or do I read too much Chomsky?
1 create a popular encrypted system the CIA can't see inside of. 2 get invited into CIA headquarters. 3 [redacted] 4 retire.
"I think the goals of this project are to create a better currency, create a more competitive and efficient international payment system, and give people more direct control over their finances. And I don't think any of those goals are incompatible with the goals of government." Aren't these goals are completely at odds with the goals of the government, or do I read too much Chomsky?