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Re:Bitstamp was hacked 2 weeks ago, and only now are users f... by singularityyy on Wednesday March 05, 2014 @02:47PM (#7349353)
We really need more transparency in Bitcoin exchanges, and this needs to come from within the community. The days of 'playing around' are gone, this is serious business now. Industry leaders should at least form a consortium that handles these kinds of issues and at least does an audit of funds. In addition, exchanges should prove they have the said funds. It's a public ledger folks, we need to demand more openness and honesty.
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Re:Bitstamp was hacked 2 weeks ago, and only now are users f... by akinder on Wednesday March 05, 2014 @02:51PM (#7349386)
You mean.. like put regulations and oversight into place?

How delicious.

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Re:Bitstamp was hacked 2 weeks ago, and only now are users f... by singularityyy on Wednesday March 05, 2014 @03:40PM (#7349720)
What does regulation have anything to do with what I wrote? Do you know you can demand things as a consumer? As a group? As a community? As a market participant?

Target 'leaked' 70m+ credit card details and there was no regulation that would have forced them to disclose it. But yeah, lets make all the regulation in the world for Bitcoin exchanges, because, you know ...

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Re:Bitstamp was hacked 2 weeks ago, and only now are users f... by maxerickson on Wednesday March 05, 2014 @04:14PM (#7349988)
Are you being pedantic about forcing them or are you unaware that most U.S. states have notification laws that apply when a data breach involves personal information?
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Re:Bitstamp was hacked 2 weeks ago, and only now are users f... by orblivion on Wednesday March 05, 2014 @03:28PM (#7349650)
Yep. Fun fact: libertarians don't want the world to be the wild wild west forever. We believe in regulations and oversight, we just think it need not be at gunpoint. Hopefully the Bitcoin industry gets to it before the government does and we'll find out how it compares.
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Re:Bitstamp was hacked 2 weeks ago, and only now are users f... by shpxnvz on Wednesday March 05, 2014 @03:27PM (#7349639)
No, he clearly did not mean regulation. He said demand, as a customer may do, rather than coerce by force, as a government must do.
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