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Russia Bans Bitcoin

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-coins-for-you dept.

mask.of.sanity writes "Russia has banned digital currency Bitcoin under existing laws and dubbed use of the crypto-currency as 'suspicious'. The Central Bank of Russia considers Bitcoin as a form of 'money substitute' or 'money surrogate' (statement in Russian) which is restricted under Russian law. However, unlike use of restricted foreign currencies, Bitcoin has been outright banned. The US Library of Congress has issued a report examining the regulatory approaches national financial authorities have taken to the currency."

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  1. We get it you don't like the beta by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Honestly its been two days can we stop bitching about the fucking beta?

  2. Re:they should ban by darrellg1 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah I got points and I'm going to dump them all on posts like this. To hell with you Dice bastards voting everything down.

  3. Re:Which, of course, really means... by Thanshin · · Score: 0, Troll

    I fail to see how your point is related to fucking beta in any way.

  4. Example of things to come by Chewbacon · · Score: 1, Troll

    If you can't get "Close and don't show me again" right, then you shouldn't be coding a whole new Slashdot. I see that fucking notice every time I come here and click "DON'T SHOW ME AGAIN" each time. Oh, yeah: FUCK BETA.

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    Chewbacon
    The Bible is like Wikipedia: written by a bunch of people and verifiable by questionable sources.
  5. Re:I love the new Beta! by allcoolnameswheretak · · Score: 1, Troll

    Yeah, I also like the new beta look.

    Now go ahead and mod me to oblivion because I have a divergent opinion, you "fuck beta" spamming fascists.