Coup or Death for the Bitcoin Foundation?

Re:Coup or Death for the Bitcoin Foundation? by yawniek on Friday March 07, 2014 @08:16PM (#7363813)

jaw dropping how this so called "industry" behaves. scam here, blackmail there etc.

it's like you give a bunch of kids one new shiny toy and boom, there is war.

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Re:Coup or Death for the Bitcoin Foundation? by Sambdala on Friday March 07, 2014 @08:19PM (#7363821)

You're terribly right. I've never seen immature behavior come from anyone involved in any "grown up" sector of the economy.

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Re:Coup or Death for the Bitcoin Foundation? by baddox on Friday March 07, 2014 @08:35PM (#7363864)

After all, there definitely has never been scams, blackmail, or war (literal or figurative) related to traditional currencies.

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Re:Coup or Death for the Bitcoin Foundation? by gtirloni on Friday March 07, 2014 @08:47PM (#7363899)

Point taken.

However, by positioning Bitcoin as a alternative to what most think are corrupt financial institutions, the Bitcoin community is automatically held to a higher standard. So far it's failing miserably to meet that standard.

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Re:Coup or Death for the Bitcoin Foundation? by TrainedMonkey on Friday March 07, 2014 @09:02PM (#7363938)

I've mostly seen claims praising bitcoin as anonymous, distributed, and unregulated currency.

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