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Early Bitcoin User Interviewed By Federal Officers
MrBingoBoingo (3481277) writes Recently a Bitcoin user reports being interviewed over their past use of a now defunct exchange service by agents from the FBI and Treasury Department. This encounter raises concerns that earlier Bitcoin users who entered the space inocuously and without ties to Dark Markets or The Silk Road might need to prepare for Law Enforcement questioning about their early Bitcoin related activities.
All systems fight against change. In this case concepts concerning money and wealth are somewhat challenged and one would expect governments to push back hard. I'm not saying it is right it is simply predictable. If you sit down and figure out a way to have people email each other in such a way that the messages can not be had by spies you will find out suddenly just how deeply governments reject privacy in communications. There will be a knock at your door and they won't be kidding one bit. Anything new has to fight to stay alive. If not much like the owner of Segway one will have a mysterious accident or sudden catastrophic medical event. In the US we have some sort of shadow government in play and vital issues are no longer mentioned in government. Find one politician willing to talk about birth control and over population in the US.