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Re:Coinbase Merchant Data Leak? by tatsuke95 on Friday April 05, 2013 @10:01AM (#5498434)
>"Wow, this company went through YC?"

And was actively defended and supported the last time a thread came up questioning the issues that Coinbase was having:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5427985

Turns out those questions were justified. They've outted people selling bath salts and god knows what else.

So much for anonymity. Between this, MtGox, Instawallet, do we still believe Bitcoin is taking over the world?

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Re:Coinbase Merchant Data Leak? by smallegan on Friday April 05, 2013 @10:34AM (#5498637)
This is not transaction data, anonymity has not been lost.
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Re:Coinbase Merchant Data Leak? by fyi80 on Friday April 05, 2013 @10:18AM (#5498545)
Your problem is with YC supporting a company that violates the privacy of dangerous criminals, and not with YC supporting a company that provides a marketplace for selling illegal hazardous products?
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Re:Coinbase Merchant Data Leak? by paulwithap on Friday April 05, 2013 @11:08AM (#5498856)
> dangerous criminals

You don't really believe this, do you?

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Re:Coinbase Merchant Data Leak? by atwebb on Friday April 05, 2013 @11:25AM (#5498956)
Of course, I believe that the DPRK is switching to BitCoin soon since illicit nuclear providers prefer it.
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Re:Coinbase Merchant Data Leak? by paulwithap on Friday April 05, 2013 @01:34PM (#5499800)
Sorry, I thought you were referring to people selling weed on Silk Road. Do you have any sources for this?
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