How the Man finally brought e-gold down

Re:How the Man finally brought e-gold down by nickb on Tuesday July 22, 2008 @07:11PM (#253745)

Last time I checked, payment startups are not off-topic here at HN. Heck, YC has invested in at least two payment-related startups. So having an interesting article that shows you that laws can sometimes be a bigger barrier than imagined when dealing with online payments, is "reddit material" how exactly?!

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Re:How the Man finally brought e-gold down by hugh on Tuesday July 22, 2008 @07:22PM (#253763)

The biggest problem that struck me was the reference to "The Man", reflective of the kind of paranoia that you find in the darker corners of the internet.

Aside from that, the article can't really be blamed for the ensuing gold-standard debate.

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Re:How the Man finally brought e-gold down by pelle on Tuesday July 22, 2008 @07:27PM (#253772)

I used the term "The Man" as a satire on the paranoia of that community.

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Re:How the Man finally brought e-gold down by hugh on Tuesday July 22, 2008 @07:33PM (#253780)

Ah, well that's fair enough then.

But with only seven words to go from, it's rather hard to tell the difference between satire and the real thing.

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