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mircea_popescu: nubbins` well at least he wasn't you know, part of the cult of b-
a or anything.
nubbins`: wait, six months is
a long time
nubbins`: <+mircea_popescu> "It is
a known fact that I personally opposed any proof of solvency, but agreed to conduct it for the sake of
a few dozen small and medium investors." <<< "see what you guise made me do? seeya in six months with
a new name!"
mircea_popescu: "Dear Sir, I have 100% of your money, please send me
a quarter of this amount and then I will send the rest back to you, because logic."
mircea_popescu:
a few dozen small and medium investors ? readding tarddit is funy at timmes
bounce: wrong function. anyway. obviously
a learned type.
mircea_popescu: "It is
a known fact that I personally opposed any proof of solvency, but agreed to conduct it for the sake of
a few dozen small and medium investors."
mircea_popescu: "While preparing for the final audit results,
a task we were working on for weeks now, our bitcoin wallet has been hacked and emptied, just after exchanging our fiat holdings within the exchanges to bitcoin and transferring our entire holdings to our wallet, in order to proof our solvency."
kakobrekla: The hacker contacted me shortly after he took advantage of our holdings and demanded
a ransom in order to transfer the coins back. I have agreed to
a 25% ransom of the entire sum, but haven’t heard back from him for several days now.
mats_cd03: i put my dong in
a vacuum cleaner attachment once
mircea_popescu: it seems reasonable that any degree given to any "protected minority" by any university with
a quota programme should be discounted.
mircea_popescu: (incredible, incidentally, that people who supposedly invest resources into getting
a degree aren't even bothering to mention the distinction between actual degrees and quota degrees)
mircea_popescu: listend here in the sense of "people who volunteer both ways", nothing else. not meaning to imply speer had
a quota degree or that obama can use the noggin
mircea_popescu: who isn't
a volunteer ? obama and herr speer both are volunteers.
mircea_popescu: if it were
a hallucination it wouldn't be quite so evenly distributed ethnically and geographically.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform not really. pain and
a painful death are actually honorable.
mircea_popescu: this time they figure the enemy is small and it may be overrun. it won't work, and they'll have to do
a 180 and suck the cock.
mircea_popescu: that time they figured the enemy is big and it may be placated. it didn't work, originally, so they had to do
a 180 and fight the war.
mircea_popescu: <Apocalyptic> more generally, the article as far as I understands it sheds
a negative light on "regulation", as reminded by the Romanian footnote, it mainly results in you being fucked << it just makes the point that regulation is the stricture of death. which it is
mircea_popescu: <ThickAsThieves> one man;s bad reg is another's good <<< not
a matter of man here. that's why nature. why would anyone's opinion count in this discussion ?
ThickAsThieves: Please, take
a step back and ask yourself, as
a consumer and citizen, what you are really doing, who you are really protecting, and then consider the price that will be paid in privacy, freedom, and consumer value."
ThickAsThieves: you can't steal with
a bitcoin, and you can't smuggle drugs with
a bitcoin.
ThickAsThieves: The crimes that may be committed with bitcoin are no different, and lesser, than those made with cash dollars, an area which our government has
a lose grip on itself. These crimes are ultimately realized not when the money is laundered, but when that money is obtained. Those are the crimes to focus on. You can't hide
a kidnapped child in
a bitcoin, you can't make
a bomb with
a bitcoin,
ThickAsThieves: the US in transition to the new paradigm. Odds are that bitcoin, and the people in its regard, are
a sovereign that no one nation can control.
ThickAsThieves: "This regulation just won't work other than to give big institutions
a way to feel safe getting into bitcoin services. That's fine, but the fact is that this is global, and money as
a concept needs to change to be
a private concern along with this.
A centralized government should not try to impose its ideals on the world, it just can't work, will be expensive, and will ultimately hinder
Apocalyptic: more generally, the article as far as I understands it sheds
a negative light on "regulation", as reminded by the Romanian footnote, it mainly results in you being fucked
bounce: then disregard it. the point is more that rules that "go with the flow" are less visible than rules that stand in the way and cause
a diversion in the flow
bounce: laws putting
a punishment on murder count as "regulation", yet they're quite useful most of the time.
Apocalyptic: mircea_popescu, so your point is that regulation can be suitable on
a case by case basis ?
Apocalyptic: mircea_popescu, I'm not sure I get this, do you consider the b-
a voice system as such ?
mircea_popescu: who wouldn't want to go into the world's arsehole to deal with
a contagious viral disease that makes you puke blood ?!
ThickAsThieves: i need two things,
a place to trade and
a place to cash out
mircea_popescu: what they'll do is bundle it with
a ton more dollars and make us another gift down the road
Apocalyptic: mircea_popescu, I don't regard the b-
a voice system as
a regulation mecanism
ThickAsThieves: first off let's be fair, stamp has been warning about kyc for like
a year
mircea_popescu: Apocalyptic is this true of regulation say, b-
a voice ?
bounce: that's
a bit of
a non-argument, you ought to know this
bounce: sure. hence the need for people understanding regulation running the exchange in
a jurisdiction that doesn't force them to fuck over the customers
bounce: well, sure. but you'd first need
a jurisdiction that does away with the AML/KYC CYA BS and then you need
a bunch with clue running the exchange
BigBitz: shouldn't an indiciator of price ie;
a ticker show an Exchange.
BigBitz: ThickAsThieves which is
a sensible view/action.
BigBitz: I have
a very defined view of
a scammer.
Adlai: mircea_popescu: context. BigBitz seems to have
a different definition of "scammer" than the rest of the channel
bounce: well, fly after that "Ark
A" that's leading the way
bounce: I hear there's an "Ark B" scheduled for launch in
a bit. might wanna get on, eh?
Adlai: BigBitz: i volunteer to translate. "don't trust bitfinex with your money, because they're potentially unwitting scammers through
a combination of fecklessness and incompetence"
mircea_popescu: "don't worry about fucking me, it's true i raped
a girl last week but i washed all the blood off my cock so should be ok"
mircea_popescu: "<mircea_popescu> some derp pounced on some code he had no rights on, then had
a public split with one of his co -conspirators (also well documented in public)"
bounce: mpoe-pr was
a handy-dandy reference, at that
mircea_popescu: truth be told time is working against us on that score, we will have to somehow create
a compendium
bounce: probably need to compile
a couple dossiers. where's the intern?
mircea_popescu: you're jsut some derpy dude with nary
a clue left around since the early days
mircea_popescu: dude look here : i agree that your stupidity does not make YOU
a scammer.
Adlai: btw when you say "spend 6-12mo reading #b-
a logs", do you mean read that many months of logs, or spend that many months studying logs?
BigBitz: BUT... being stupid doesn't
a scammer make.
mircea_popescu: and in general, you can't merit-wash
a scammer with money.
mircea_popescu: some derp pounced on some code he had no rights on, then had
a public split with one of his co -conspirators (also well documented in puiblic)
Adlai: for one thing, they're offering this fishy mining contract as
a "beta" but taking real money for it
mircea_popescu: they're
a scam because the people in charge steal and lie.
BigBitz: or they're
a scam as they're stealing coins?
BigBitz: So they're
a scam as they use shitty code?
mircea_popescu: yeah, "the one which was
a usg front openly and from day one, totally legit"
Adlai: scam or just
a bunch of incompetents?
mircea_popescu: someone who really is too fucktarded and arrogant to understand what
a negligible quantity he actually is.
mircea_popescu: and if the price runs up, someone will have
a lot of splaining to do, as ot where all the millions went.
mircea_popescu: but anyway, yes. they're out, and have
a lot to repay now, our good friends in washington.
mircea_popescu:
a cache can be fucked up for an arbitrary number of entries as well as for
a single one.
mircea_popescu: it is after all
a real state they got over there, not some sort of fourth reich or anything.
mircea_popescu: <kakobrekla> idk and i suspekt it wont be public << course it will be. they'll respond to the foia requests
a month after the one month legal term. seriously. promise.
jurov: yes i'm
a bitch sometimnes. but altdomains can be handy. next someone hacks qntra.net's godaddy acct
bounce: or used
a computer network with connections to usg at some point in their lives
bounce: they're wording it like they like it ("our policies") and reportedly they're starting with the thef^Wconfiscating
a month early