Random thought, how would a war in Europe affect Bitcoin ? 2014 seems to be a really really bad year so far !
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.... But completely hijacking the conversation, I posted earlier a link to another thread about Sunlot and you-cannot-make-this-shit-up shenanigans. I got a few rightfully concerned replies, but no real discussion. Does nobody care? I think it's a serious indirect risk to the Bitcoin economy...
I read Phineas G's stuff on Sunlot and it was quite shocking - it does seem like the SaveGox is more SavageGox to me - I really can't see the kind of people involved doing anything other than a cynical raid on assets and laughing all the way to the bank, or that Spanish villa some of their associates seem to enjoy.
Equally surprised no one seemed to comment TBH.
I find it more worrisome that they all seem to have a massive fetish with the interpol and DoJ and whatever satanic imagery. The identity blur between various parties makes it worse in this respect. If I had my tinfoil had within reach I would suggest some Police wants to turn Gox into a honey pot? I though they might be interested in personal data of users but seriously, that shit was leaked for 200 BTC or something like that. Surely TPTB have a backup to that, in case of multiple unrelated catastrophic storage failure, certainly.