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Re:I Am Not Satoshi by computer on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @06:35PM (#6805081)
I don't think so; witch hunts didn't exactly grow trust between people in the middle ages. Witch hunts grow mob feelings between people against whoever happens to get crushed by their collective paranoia that day.
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Re:I Am Not Satoshi by bitcoin-truth on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @11:52PM (#6806485)
I think the parent poster meant that the witch hunts in the 21st century related to bitcoin only grow trust in the bitcoin community that witchhunts are destined to fail.

More people see that having financial privacy is a good thing, and trust in bitcoin grows.

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Re:I Am Not Satoshi by giergirey on Thursday November 28, 2013 @12:11PM (#6815379)
Pedant's note: Contrary to popular belief, witch hunts were rare in the Middle Ages. They took off in popularity during the Renaissance.
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Re:I Am Not Satoshi by scaphandre on Friday November 29, 2013 @09:04PM (#6821963)
Annoying meta-pedant note: You presumably mean that witch hunts mainly occurred in puritanical areas, at a time in which the Renaissance was occurring elsewhere in the world.
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Re:I Am Not Satoshi by enraged_camel on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @11:57PM (#6806501)
I thought the parent was being sarcastic.
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