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Re:The Flaw that May Bring Down Bitcoin or Change it Forever by daveasdf on Tuesday April 30, 2013 @10:33PM (#5636131)
While you likely have a point that this is being sensationalised, the money analogy isn't quite accurate.

The problem is that such "evil" messages can be broadcast globally without the ability to remove them. A dollar bill with a message on it can be taken out of circulation; the bitcoin blockchain can't be reset without major chaos ensuing.

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Re:The Flaw that May Bring Down Bitcoin or Change it Forever by new299 on Wednesday May 01, 2013 @03:02AM (#5636851)
Interesting the act of marking coins with messages is not new. In Ireland coins used to get marked with political messages from the UVF and others, I believe it was quite common for a time.

http://www.cointalk.com/t195082/

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