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A comment on China's Central Bank Bans ICOs. Parent comment

Re:China's Central Bank Bans ICOs by craigsmansion on Monday September 04, 2017 @01:55PM (#15169773)
Very good point.

It sounds like "Why are there laws that prevent fools from giving their money to me?"

The more replies I read, the more I'm convinced these regulations are working exactly as intended: to protect the innocent from free-for-all sociopaths.

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Re:China's Central Bank Bans ICOs by CryptoPunk on Monday September 04, 2017 @02:45PM (#15170099)
Why does it sound like that to you? I've seen no evidence that the majority in this thread arguing against the ban have revealed that scamming people out of their money is their ultimate motivation. Assuming bad faith based on cartoonish ideological stereotypes is not fair.
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Re:China's Central Bank Bans ICOs by ShabbosGoy on Monday September 04, 2017 @02:45PM (#15170096)
It's not about money, it's about the freedom to associate with a group that I am aligned with.

What do you think the Chinese government has to gain from these regulations? Protection of the consumer? This is China we're talking about here.

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