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mircea_popescu: anyway, pulled his chain a little on
twitter, curious what comes of
that.
benkay: my lawyer has one job: keep my ass outta
trouble.
mircea_popescu: bout
the same
thing here
too, reddit kids "talk
to
their lawyers".
mircea_popescu: he never ever even bought a record, as
they're not sold where he lives
mircea_popescu: say poor black kid
trying
to get accepted by wasps ? he pretends
to like wop or w/e stupid music
they like.
mircea_popescu: i don't
think it's even
that
to be honest, it's more like a quest
to belong.
mircea_popescu: every
two bit whoever is "talking
to his lawyers"
these days, have you noticed ?
mircea_popescu: guy is a little young and naive
tho, managed
to come off rather impudent.
mircea_popescu: well i'm not arguing more people writing is a bad
thing.
mircea_popescu: "This meeting
triggered a chain reaction of events in which
the solicited investors rebuffed Karpeles and his colleagues" vs "Feb 23 12:23:59 <mircea_popescu>may be
that
they've found a sucker, but
that story'll end if i find him
too."
jurov: ..in charge of growing
the business for MtGox by initiating parnerships
Apocalyptic: also nubbins` seemed
to be sure
the first leaked document was fake,
this proves otherwise
Apocalyptic: mircea_popescu, i wasn't aware of
the "Mandalah Consulting" part
mircea_popescu: Apocalyptic absolutely nothing new or newsworthy in
there.
Apocalyptic: the last entry published minutes ago sums up
the events
mircea_popescu: i mean either epoxy or seals, can
these both work in any sense ?
mircea_popescu: and diametric
too i guess : does
that make any sense ?
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform "The Boeing Black phone is manufactured as a sealed device both with epoxy around
the casing and with screws,
the heads of which are covered with
tamper proof covering
to identify attempted disassembly."
mircea_popescu: if you believe it has
then yes it is. if you don't
then no it isn't.
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves: fwiw I don't believe USG is capable of any meaningful banning of bitcoin <<
that'd depend on
the definition of meaningful,
the20year1: he's already on
the block for supporting gun control in west virgina
the20year1: I was involved in a decently sized digital currency long before bitcoin, and
the IRS just
told
them
to issue 1099c
to everyone who participated,
the barter clause has been around for 50+ years
decimation: that's where
the 'land of
the free' is
today - waiting for government employees
to issue instructions
the20year1: Either
they'll
treat it like cash, make coinbase/kraken issue 1099Ks or make bitcoiners issue 1099c
decimation: supposedly
they are going
to issue guidance at some point
the20year1: IRS i imagine will/can
treat bitcoin just like
transactions or barter
decimation: at least, it ought
to be laughed out of court
decimation: exactly. If you have records and a
tax return
to show you paid something, you are not going
to be a
target
ThickAsThieves: better
to just call it some other
type of broader income
decimation: well don't put bitcoin on your
taxes duh
ThickAsThieves: i suspect
the word bitcoin in your
taxes will put you on some list
decimation: if you pay any
tax at all on your bitcoin you probably are safe
ThickAsThieves: IRS would have any easier
time if
they adopted bitcoin really
the20year1: is it provable/possible
that gox has 740k bitcoins 'somewhere'?
decimation: until
there are real laws on
the books it's going
to be hard
to prosecute bitcoin
transactions for
tax evasion
ThickAsThieves: more likely
they sum up
the amount of eligible
tax deductions unclaimed against likely
total of fraud and make sure
they are still on winning side and call it a day
ThickAsThieves: wouldnt
that require every citizen
to audit his neighbor?
ThickAsThieves: the
trick about
taxation is a personally believe
the IRS' grip on auditing
to be a myth
decimation: As
to asciilifeform's point about outbidding
the fiat printers, I
think
that's quite possible in an environment where bitcoin is melting up
ThickAsThieves: theyll prioritize AML at
the fiat entry points,
then
taxation
decimation: I agree with
TAT, I
think
the USG is
too weak
to actually ban bitcoin
the20year1: how does cold storage fail? Do
they lose
the key?
duduqa: ThickAsThieves: don't you expect usg banning bitcoin before
that happens
duduqa: ThickAsThieves: don't you expect a war against usg before
that?
ThickAsThieves: I believe merchant adoption is just a malformed precursor
to
the 100% Pure Bitcoin Closed Loop Movement
diametric: I kind of want it
to be
that, because
thats just hilarious
diametric: lol.. so latest story going around is MtGox's cold storage failed. As in
they can't get
the private keys
to work properly..
duduqa: all
that 6-year old plot, Obama whatching on a big screen, live...and sheeple swallowed
duduqa: ThickAsThieves:
they can change oppinion as quick as Sen Schumer
twizt: ie.
there never was osama
duduqa: ThickAsThieves:
they were cynnical enough
to say
they dumped osama's body on
the sea
mike_c: depends what you want. if all you want is for
them
to send a letter, it's cheap.
duduqa: ThickAsThieves:
they are able
to push
this "money laundering"
talk based on nothing
twizt: nah
thats congress bro
twizt: i
thought it was 100k
ThickAsThieves: i just have real difficulty imagining
the USG's ability and story of how it may ban crypto
duduqa: but I ask myself if it might
take generations
to happen
duduqa: ThickAsThieves: do you really believe
those figures?
Apocalyptic: <asciilifeform>
ThickAsThieves: good luck outbidding
the folks who print usd // he has a point
ThickAsThieves: i know you dont like
them, but i'd love
to donate
to your campaign
duduqa: ThickAsThieves:
the power of issuing global's reserve currency is enormous
ThickAsThieves: i already suspect major news comment sections
to be riddled with fake anti-bitcoin sentiments
diametric: duduqa: i
think you'd be surprised
the number of people
that pirate content.
duduqa: asciilifeform: I can easily imagine agents infiltrated in facebook groups
to refrain people
duduqa: asciilifeform: bitcointalk
too
ThickAsThieves: and what do
they do about people already "in" bitcoin, yknow it doesnt require cashing out
to use
duduqa: diametric:it doesn't matter
to you if only 5% adopt piracy
ozbot: Canada Regulators Look at Ways
to Get a Better Handle on Bitcoin - Canada Real
Time - WSJ
duduqa: ThickAsThieves: did you read
that document which presumably states
that canada govt intends
to choke bitcoin's infrastructure?
ThickAsThieves: i'm not waiting for anything but my wife
to
take me seriously
Apocalyptic: <ThickAsThieves> just
the useful people // yeah as mircea said
duduqa: ThickAsThieves: where
to?