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BitCoin, the Most Dangerous Project Ever?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the beware-the-coin-man dept.

Jamie found a followup to the bitcoin story we've been following awhile. The article talks about the untraceable, un-hackable nature of BitCoin. They can't be locked down like PayPal, and the article predicts that governments will start banning them in the next 18 months.

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  1. Re:Tabloid trash by cpu6502 · · Score: 2, Troll

    Oh I don't know. The guy who was printed Liberty Coins (99% pure silver) has been told he's no longer allowed to do it. Now that the precedent is set, the US government can shutdown Bitcoin or any other form of non-Reserve currency.

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