Will Legitimacy Spoil Bitcoin?

Posted by timothy on Sunday March 24, 2013 @10:37AM from the biggest-portion-is-the-lion's-share dept.

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.'"

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What is their to spoil? by wisnoskij · 2013-03-24 10:52 · Score: -1, Troll

There is nothing to spoil, Bitcoins are already as stupid as they could possibly ever be.

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Re:bitcoin's value is for it's utopian idealizatio by fustakrakich · 2013-03-24 12:41 · Score: -1, Troll

The crackpot is in your mirror.. Now bow down to authority

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