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mjr_: mircea_popescu: is that verified?
mjr_: so you can't get cash out...
mjr_: i think they will simply block incoming deposits from their
mjr_: actually i don't think they will freeze assets
mjr_: i like keeping my btc on a thumbdrive (or a virtual machine with encrypted disk)
mjr_: i'd take it out in btc
mjr_: well, supposedly homeland security and doj or whatever
mjr_: by the way, Ron Swanson (parks and recreation) says "Don't trust big banks or small banks, banks are ponzi schemes run by morons"
mjr_: someone giving me a hundred dollar bill is pretty easy to manage
mjr_: centralized exchanges will fail a lot
mjr_: anyways, i think this should drive home the need for decentralized exchanges
mjr_: very little sympath
mjr_: well, it gets old watching people ignore sound advice and continue pathetically failing
mjr_: but they deserve to be condescended to
mjr_: In the same vein I would suggest the foundation of the Charles Hoskinson Institute of Bitcoin Studies, where students can enroll in online classes learning all about noted Bitcoin luminary Charles Hoskinson.
mjr_: there's mircea_popescu
mjr_: its like a meetup group where people can get coins or cash
mjr_: people paid for their own drinks lol
mjr_: we all went for drinks afterward
mjr_: but this week he felt comfortable because he saw familiar faces
mjr_: because he didn't feel comfortable
mjr_: but the older guy, he was there at the first one
mjr_: an older guy who never bought bitcoins before
mjr_: there was a family with two little babies
mjr_: but people were there because they wanted bitcoins
mjr_: some of the others didn't make it
mjr_: we had NEW people there this week
mjr_: but, the idea is spreading
mjr_: gonna take some time to build up the knowledge
mjr_: fine i will write it now
mjr_: truffles: it will be up soon
mjr_: all the exchanges are failing
mjr_: truffles: I am working on it, i'm so busy
mjr_: we used it on monday and it went pretty well
mjr_: need to get this site working better
mjr_: this is the perfect place to show the power of decentralized exchanges
mjr_: leaving for the conference in like 24 hours!
mjr_: and can execute orders based on their preferred payment methods
mjr_: which have access to local liquidity pools
mjr_: well, eventually i think you will see brokerage services
mjr_: second: we can just move to a new location
mjr_: first: i srsly doubt that new york city beat cops in uniform are the investigative branch of fincen etc
mjr_: it doesn't have to be a park
mjr_: but i doubt i'd get robbed
mjr_: and they didn't even ask us what we were doing
mjr_: there were like 10 cops right by us
mjr_: no fees, cash in hand immediately
mjr_: i trade in person in union square
mjr_: but it drives home the point that we need distributed decentralized exchanges
mjr_: sucks for people who use it i guess
mjr_: to be honest, i am kinda glad about gox
mjr_: so something going on with dwolla/gox?
mjr_2: comments, followup post
mjr_2: its explained thre
mjr_2: blog.btcshares.com
mjr_2: ThickAsThieves: check out the comments on my blog
mjr_2: i have neither a skateboard nor skateboard wheels...
mjr_2: skateboard wheels?
mjr_2: kakobrekla: whats up?
mjr_2: please upvote if you have a few secs
mjr_2: anyway, today is the second open outcry exchange!
mjr_2: i never understood the purpose of that chan
mjr_2: i just think we are gonna see a pop today