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Re:Bitcoin-Central.net is now licensed to operate as a bank ... by dmix on Thursday December 06, 2012 @11:56PM (#4885543)
> has long been a dream of many anarchists/libertarians

Crypto-anarchism to be exact. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto-anarchism

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Re:Bitcoin-Central.net is now licensed to operate as a bank ... by noarchy on Saturday December 08, 2012 @01:15AM (#4890885)
Anarchists such as Benjamin Tucker were advocates of "free money" at least as far back as the 19th century. Of course there was no way for them to have imagined an implementation like Bitcoin.
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