"The Department of Homeland Security has frozen an online trade route between US citizens and MtGox - the world's largest exchange of crypto-currency Bitcoin.
The move will be interpreted as an opening skirmish in a battle to control the electronic cash, which has exploded in popularity and so far avoided regulation by governments." ... "the US Treasury said any firms dealing in the virtual currency would be considered "money services businesses" just like any other, which means they must hand over transaction information to the government and work to prevent money laundering." http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/15/mt_gox_us_court/ This isn't an attack on Bitcoin itself, just on its interface to the real world :) Jim _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
