Oct 04, 2013 5:26 AM

Scott Duncan

In the Silk Road Case, Don't Blame the Technology

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The man alleged to be "Dread Pirate Roberts," the founder and operator of the Silk Road�an online marketplace where bitcoins were traded for a range of goods and services, including drugs�was arrested by the FBI in San Francisco yesterday. The criminal complaint, released today, provides many detail...

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Jeff Roggers

Oct 04, 2013 5:34 AM

I think it's time to start my own crypto currency

August le Blanc

Oct 04, 2013 3:28 PM

Isn't the only way for the the agencies involved to glean info about crypto accounts is for the entity responsible for a particular crypto account to give up said info? Is this true? I mean the whole privacy of peer to peer. Isn't that what makes them so diligent in their efforts to prevent the widespread use?

Scott Duncan

Oct 05, 2013 4:54 AM

Make no mistake, the wallet-to-wallet transactions are NOT anonymous. The challenge is to disassociate it from YOU. We use it to hold trust money. You'll never find any PARTY to attach it to. :D

August le Blanc

Oct 05, 2013 1:44 PM

But the Trust...is it's own law... your domain correct? So wouldn't one just run it as such... and the rest is PRIVATE?

Jeff Roggers

Oct 05, 2013 2:03 PM

Yes but jeff Rogers doesn't come into play

August le Blanc

Oct 05, 2013 2:06 PM

I was thinking more, insulated by proxy of the trustee corp...

Jeff Roggers

Oct 09, 2013 2:20 AM

I think we need to be set up for the second type of crypto currency. to be mineing it that way 50 bitcoins is a lot once the currency get sold to others. The first blocks of math to be solved are the easiest .