i think you read only first post on quora? :-) -- Jerzy Łogiewa -- [email protected]
On Jun 16, 2011, at 5:40 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Bitcoin is a scam. Money or value can't be created on a computer > (unless you consider the phoney fiat currency of the USD "money"). At > best bitcoin is a ponzi scheme where the initial holders of the digital > money get to see the increase in the computer value of the bitcoins they > "own" only to, at the right time, dump them onto suckers that got in the > this new fangled trickery at the end. Those that hold bitcoins at the > end will be at a loss as in reality, they're worth nothing. Bitcoins > are a classic example of the Wall Street method of Pump and Dump. Fake > or unrealistic information is circulated around the web about a certain > stock and how it's to perform which is always UP UP UP in value. This > is the Pump phase. The unsuspecting and gulible public rushes in to > purchase massive amounts of the (really) junk stock. The price rises > dramaticly. Those that promoted the stock then Dump it....fast. They > make their profit and the dummies that believed the junk about how great > the equity was get stuck with a loss as the stock plummets. > > Whether the jackasses in the Senate want to go after bc or not doesn't > matter. Bitcoin will evaporate under its own weight with no help of the > government. > - > > > On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:41 -0400, "grarpamp" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Since it appears they're going to be targeting a Hidden Service, it will >>> be an interesting test of Tor's resilience given the resources available >>> to the US government. >> >> Guess they would have to block all the directory servers/mirrors. >> They probably don't care about drugs, underage and copyright stuff >> so much. But an untraceable, untaxable, easily used alternative >> currency that has value and works... now that might draw some >> global attention. Was not one of the topics at the recent G8 >> "What to do about the internet?" >> >> It would be interesting to see what might happen if directory servers >> could be run on the same SSL enabled server (and even port) as >> the various popular websites around the world, by their operators. >> >> Other than bootstrapping (via a shipped list or friendly tip), is there >> a way to make the directory services internal to Tor? Not sure there >> is due to chickens and eggs. >> >> Though with 9 authorities, 1200+ dirservers, and 2300+ relays, >> maybe no worries. >> _______________________________________________ >> tor-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk >> > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Accessible with your email software > or over the web > > _______________________________________________ > tor-talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk ---------------------------------------------------------------- Dzwonki MP3 na telefon. To sa prawdziwe hity! Pobierz >> http://linkint.pl/f29c2 _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
