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So say bitcoin. So not true.

paulie — Thu, 02 May 2013 11:57:58 +0000

Nooo. Bitcoin can't be manipulated. LOL (sarcasm)

Defense Distributed Domain Seized by Feds, Indictment

Dustincoc — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 08:42:16 +0000

The web domain for Defense Distributed was recently seized, and a notice was placed on the home page stating that individuals involved with the website are being indicted under a grand jury investigation for violating various gun control and intellectual property regulations.

Bitcoin May Be the Global Economy's Last Safe Haven - Businessweek

roryn3kids — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:12:07 +0000

That’s where Bitcoin thrives: where people would prefer to throw in their lot with anonymous strangers instead of the world economy. It’s gold-bug thinking reinvented for an age of fluid transparency and instantaneous transactions. And as such it’s an excellent indicator of anxiety. Where you see Bitcoins in action you find a weird and heady mix of speculative angst, a fear of being left behind, and people who appear to have lost faith in institutions, who feel most left behind.

Bitcoin rises - Opinion - Al Jazeera English

roryn3kids — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:46:08 +0000

The context in 2013 looks dramatically different to the one during the huge rally-and-crash of 2011. During the last year, the pace of development and adoption by merchants and the NGO sector has steadily accelerated, and the Bitcoin ecosystem in general advanced in many fronts. Recent events in the Bitcoin world announce that a qualitative shift is taking place.

Atlantis - Litecoin has its Silk Road

roryn3kids — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:43:24 +0000

Many of you will be familiar with SilkRoad, and as I'm sure most of you will agree, SR has put Bitcoin on the map and in the eyes of the general public, the media, and the cryptocurrency communities. SR continues to strengthen the Bitcoin economy to this day.

Our team decided that in order for Litecoin to make its mark in the cryptocurrency world it needed a similar service backing it.

So, with that being said, we would like to officially invite you all to Atlantis (or ATL for short), the Litecoin free market. Users of SR will feel at home using our website.

Gov't Admits It Won't Prosecute Banks

freeAgent — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:12:34 +0000

Since the collapse of Arthur Andersen, the government is now afraid to prosecute large companies and banks in particular. Unfortunately, they're also unwilling to prosecute individual employees of those same corporations.

Sociocrat proposes ‘Bit tax’ to Save Post Office

MuslimNonarchist — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:40:43 +0000

Lysander Spooner would say the problem is market intervention, that the Post Office fails because it lacks market signals and market competition. Wozniak on the other hand says the problem is email. A cheaper and faster service exists, and rather than improving the Post Office, he proposes turning the Post Office into a parasite on the superior service.

Everything we think about charity is wrong.

ianCredible — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:18:11 +0000

In this striking TED talk Dan Pallotta challenges the Non profit model and discusses for profit incentives and how they can be applied to charity. For anyone that's ever had to defend the morality of pulling the plug on social welfare programs this video is a must see.

Startup finds niche in digitizing physical mail

Cyphase — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 04:20:27 +0000

A driver of a white Prius with a giant, red plastic flag affixed to its side is rolling through the hilly streets of San Francisco, undelivering mail from mailboxes. The driver is not a thief. He and the car are part of a startup called Outbox that is attempting to pick up where the embattled United States Postal Service leaves off -- by digitizing physical mail. The driver, dubbed an "unpostman," visits Outbox subscribers' homes three times a week.

Boxers want to fight in China because of high U.S. Taxes.

Lendog — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:09:19 +0000

Manny Pacquiao's chief adviser insisted Monday that the Filipino superstar's preference is for his next bout – a fifth fight against Juan Manuel Marquez – to take place away from Las Vegas, with the off-shore Chinese gambling resort of Macau emerging as the "favorite."

Congress — not email — destroyed the Postal Service

Aerogoddess — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:10:43 +0000

The oft-maligned U.S. mail is actually quite well-run. Politicians steered it into the ditch
By John Tierney

Government Ban On Bitcoin Would Fail Miserably - Forbes

roryn3kids — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 07:00:20 +0000

I maintain that a government ban on bitcoin would be about as effective as alcohol prohibition was in the 1920s. Government prohibition doesn’t even do a good job of keeping drugs out of prisons. The demand for an item, in this case digital cash with user-defined levels of privacy, does not simply evaporate in the face of a jurisdictional ban. One could even make the case that it becomes stronger because an official recognition that Bitcoin is not only a “renegade” currency but a “so-effective-it-had-to-be-banned” currency would imbue the cryptographic money with larger than life qualities.

The Small Business Administration Decides to Hurt Small Businesses

iamodd999 — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 06:46:36 +0000

For some strange and unknown reason, the Small Business Administration has changed how it defines government support of small businesses, which will inadvertently destroy many small businesses, especially those supported through the Department of Energy.

Dwolla Begins Account Suspensions for Using Bitcoin

kingphilip — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:10:05 +0000

Dwolla Begins PayPal-Style Account Suspensions - "Dwolla has moved beyond closing the accounts of those it can prove are operating unlicensed [Bitcoin] exchanges and has begun closing the accounts of private individuals based on a mere affiliation."

Wholly Financed, owned and operated bridge opened by private investors

rjmort — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 02:23:35 +0000

New privately funded bridge opens in Virginia (The South Norfolk Jordan Bridge)