tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post6837713899877314455..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Bitcoin Alert: The U.S. Treasury Announces Money-Laundering Rules Apply to "Virtual Currencies"Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-70490799401230381592013-04-13T08:00:08.701-04:002013-04-13T08:00:08.701-04:00Nah, not only the US will go after the BitCoin. Ot...Nah, not only the US will go after the BitCoin. Other governments globally are extremely hungry for tax revenues, anywhere and any way possible...the US isnt the only government trying to find ways to regulate, track and tax online currencies. Combine this with earlier issues BitCoin has had, along with the recent panic on BitCoin holders (which BitCoin tried to spin as being caused by its MikeyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16482390994207185384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-53678618861390687662013-04-06T07:29:36.757-04:002013-04-06T07:29:36.757-04:00Simply put - government is a criminal gang engaged...Simply put - government is a criminal gang engaged in theft, extortion, violence and murder in every country. One area in which this criminal gang has a monopoly is central banking and the control of money and credit in the marketplace and government. In today's world the central bank's money is in large part digital. Thus it is not surprising that the government criminal gang would try INTERNATIONAL VENTURES GROUP BLOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01486638105775346133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-9799878259730881902013-03-25T17:25:58.956-04:002013-03-25T17:25:58.956-04:00The government laundered money from the taxpayers ...The government laundered money from the taxpayers for criminal bankers and idiots with lobby connections who are trying to kill the economy. Sorry, Bitcoin isn't the problem. It's the red herring. TheFountainHeadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06948687780311182235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-37544168785022780792013-03-25T07:08:09.002-04:002013-03-25T07:08:09.002-04:00You're assuming that about U.S. businesses onl...You're assuming that about U.S. businesses only, and others that use the U.S. dollar, such as those in Ecuador. Swiss and Canadian businesses, for example, use the Swiss franc and Canadian dollar, respectively. Any currency worldwide is convertible into bitcoin, which makes it an international currency. The U.S. Treasury can clamp down on it only where the U.S. dollar is concerned. <br /><br Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-65827840806288317812013-03-25T07:07:22.389-04:002013-03-25T07:07:22.389-04:00You're assuming that about U.S. businesses onl...You're assuming that about U.S. businesses only, and others that use the U.S. dollar, such as those in Ecuador. Swiss and Canadian businesses, for example, use the Swiss franc and Canadian dollar, respectively. Any currency worldwide is convertible into bitcoin, which makes it an international currency. The U.S. Treasury can clamp down on it only where the U.S. dollar is concerned. <br /><br Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-37505105851133395432013-03-23T19:04:51.072-04:002013-03-23T19:04:51.072-04:00Agreed. The federal government are the most hypro...Agreed. The federal government are the most hyprocritical sons of bitches in the universe. They impose all these rules here to supposedly stop crimes while they themselves commit worse crimes all over the planet. We should just kill them all and be done with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-62907367122501685602013-03-23T13:42:31.005-04:002013-03-23T13:42:31.005-04:00There will always be a way. Look what happened to ...There will always be a way. Look what happened to WikiLeaks when the government tried shutting it down...Sagan Marketinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12414789810884756326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-80784663120817531102013-03-22T15:19:14.137-04:002013-03-22T15:19:14.137-04:00What happen if the government restricts internet a...What happen if the government restricts internet access to Bitcoin related sites. how would one redeem or use Bitcoins? Jeff77007https://www.blogger.com/profile/12440416163954887767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-13999865154619200882013-03-22T13:48:57.763-04:002013-03-22T13:48:57.763-04:00Once again, small minded men attempting to regulat...Once again, small minded men attempting to regulate something they do not understand, and do not understand they do not understand.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17608338487986741434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-6757974919220095632013-03-22T12:26:24.205-04:002013-03-22T12:26:24.205-04:00Cross-posted from my http://libertyblitzkrieg.com ...Cross-posted from my http://libertyblitzkrieg.com comment:<br /><br />I read a white paper from Carnegie Mellon Cyber labs entitled ‘Traveling the Silk Road: A measurement analysis of a large anonymous online marketplace’ not too long ago. For those who don’t know, The Silk Road is a comprehensive measurement analysis of Silk Road, an anonymous, international online marketplace that operates as aAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-47248238008798757072013-03-22T12:16:22.724-04:002013-03-22T12:16:22.724-04:00Seriously, who couldn't see this coming?Seriously, who couldn't see this coming?Nick Badalamentihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14015961786370759940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-84572968216564455252013-03-22T11:51:15.913-04:002013-03-22T11:51:15.913-04:00The great thing about Bitcoins is that where its s...The great thing about Bitcoins is that where its supporting institutions get created doesn't really matter; a Bitcoin bank/exchange run out of Japan is just as good as one run from the US. It's all the same internet.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10703636194338624631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-74975660756622041672013-03-22T10:57:55.153-04:002013-03-22T10:57:55.153-04:00Going after exchanges will encourage usage of bitc...Going after exchanges will encourage usage of bitcoins as a currency.MyFirstNameIsPaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02343907604727708389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-26585908091244917042013-03-22T10:52:57.742-04:002013-03-22T10:52:57.742-04:00Does anyone really care what the government says a...Does anyone really care what the government says anymore? What a joke!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-6217094045004867652013-03-22T10:44:42.046-04:002013-03-22T10:44:42.046-04:00They don't have to. They will just go after b...They don't have to. They will just go after businesses that accept BitCoins. That will leave BitCoins in the domain of individual-to-individual transactions, thereby limiting their usefulness.Ed Ucationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15375062362847706272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-3840872203609235302013-03-22T10:35:44.489-04:002013-03-22T10:35:44.489-04:00@RW. So Wordpress can spend their Bitcoin loot any...@RW. So Wordpress can spend their Bitcoin loot any way they want and Treasury will look the other way? Cool. Maybe we could all buy and sell to each other in Bitcoin and get the same privacy. No exchanges required.Martin McCannellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14133737650029397823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-78657406506208359342013-03-22T09:52:50.621-04:002013-03-22T09:52:50.621-04:00The weak point is the exchanges where money is con...The weak point is the exchanges where money is converted to or from bitcoins. That is what the Treasury is focusing on.Robert Wenzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-16650017431653213332013-03-22T09:32:48.085-04:002013-03-22T09:32:48.085-04:00Bring it state. You may have met your match. Littl...Bring it state. You may have met your match. Little tiny 1s and 0s.<br /><br />I find exhilarating that the largest empire in world history is scared of the tiniest mouse. The Man with No Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15189215384837551029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-50212957681119709692013-03-22T09:06:37.463-04:002013-03-22T09:06:37.463-04:00If proceeds from the sale of drugs between a willi...If proceeds from the sale of drugs between a willing buyer and a willing seller is dirty money, then the proceeds of taxes stolen by the government under threat of violence from unwilling victims must be really dirty money. Which needs to be laundered more?Martin McCannellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14133737650029397823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-36240686048976682662013-03-22T08:48:22.134-04:002013-03-22T08:48:22.134-04:00The point of bitcoin is that the government cannot...The point of bitcoin is that the government cannot shut it down. It would have to shut down the whole internet. They cannot do what they did with e-gold. Mauriziohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00234058781177355541noreply@blogger.com