Slashdot Mirror
Will Legitimacy Spoil Bitcoin?
New submitter F9rDT3ZE writes "Salon writer Andrew Leonard examines the U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's (FinCEN) first 'guidance' regarding 'de-centralized virtual currencies,' noting that Bitcoin's supporters call it a 'currency of resistance,' while others suggest that 'the more popular Bitcoin gets, whether as a symbol of resistance or a perceived safe haven in financially troubled times, the more government attention it will inevitably draw, and the more inexorably it will be sucked into existing regulatory structures.'"
If only we could put a tax on apostrophe's.
apostrophe's what?
rewriting history since 2109
when you can only process opposition to your worldview in simpleminded cartoon stereotypes, you might have a problem
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
You would'nt bel'ieve how many t'imes Iv'e seen it use'd impro'perly.
Get free satoshi (Bitcoin) and Dogecoins
When apostrophes are outlawed, only outlaw's will have apostrophes.
ftfy
Tolkein? Is that you?
Slashdot: Where people pretend to be twice as smart as they really are by behaving like children.
M'or'e lik'e L'ov'e'craf't, Im' th'inki'ng.
Posted from ph'nglui mglw'nafh.
The thing about the assumption that the state "cannot" control something, is that it is almost always entirely wrong. This discovery is almost always accompanied by wailing and gnashing of teeth.
On the other hand, the assumption that the state "can" control something is also almost always entirely wrong. This discovery is also almost always accompanied by wailing and gnashing of teeth.
lol its sad that i get this.
*facepalm*
systemd is Roko's Basilisk.
Looks like someone couldn't afford the apostrophe tax.
They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance. - Terry Pratchett