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Although I don't understand the US's involvement in this -- a man breaking the rules is being put to justice, and I'm very glad. I'm also impressed by the feds

by mikob 9y ago

Although I don't understand the US's involvement in this -- a man breaking the rules is being put to justice, and I'm very glad. I'm also impressed by the feds work in the cryptocurrency space. In recent years the fed has really started to reverse the trope of the government not being technologically adept. There are too many that become wealthy through illicit means and it's good news that something effective is being done about it.

always_good 9y ago
>Although I don't understand the US's involvement in this -- a man breaking the rules is being put to justice, and I'm very glad. This is a terrifying comment. Not much different than a Thai person saying the same about a German rotting in their jail because he offended their king on Twitter. "Justice!"
- mikeyouse 9y ago
  Because insulting someone and stealing millions of dollars are equal somehow?
  - ryanlol 9y ago
    Whose money did BTC-e steal?
    - mikob 9y ago
      I suppose you're not very familiar with BTC-e. It had a reputation of taking funds from users -- there was nothing effectively stopping them (until now) from locking users out of their accounts randomly, or disappearing user's funds.
      - ryanlol 9y ago
        >I suppose you're not very familiar with BTC-e. There's probably 5 or less people more familiar with BTC-e than I am. >It had a reputation of taking funds from users Compared to the other big exchanges they've mostly had a reputation of not doing that. Essentially all the people I can find complaining about suspended BTC-e accounts got shut down due to inconsistencies in their incoming wires. I'm looking at BTC-e user database right now, only 0.2857% of the users are banned. Much fewer than you'd see at any other exchange, but I suppose that's not a very meaningful metric given the ease of registrations.
- idonotknowwhy 9y ago
  > Not much different than a Thai person saying the same about a German rotting in their jail because he offended their king on Twitter. "Justice!" I agree. Good luck trying to explain that to idiots like mikeyouse (commented just before me) who miss the point entirely lol.
idonotknowwhy 9y ago
Tell that to the innocent customers who've had their funds (bitcoin and altcoins) frozen.

by mikob 9y ago

always_good 9y ago

>Although I don't understand the US's involvement in this -- a man breaking the rules is being put to justice, and I'm very glad. This is a terrifying comment. Not much different than a Thai person saying the same about a German rotting in their jail because he offended their king on Twitter. "Justice!"

mikeyouse 9y ago
Because insulting someone and stealing millions of dollars are equal somehow?
- ryanlol 9y ago
  Whose money did BTC-e steal?
  - mikob 9y ago
    I suppose you're not very familiar with BTC-e. It had a reputation of taking funds from users -- there was nothing effectively stopping them (until now) from locking users out of their accounts randomly, or disappearing user's funds.
    - ryanlol 9y ago
      >I suppose you're not very familiar with BTC-e. There's probably 5 or less people more familiar with BTC-e than I am. >It had a reputation of taking funds from users Compared to the other big exchanges they've mostly had a reputation of not doing that. Essentially all the people I can find complaining about suspended BTC-e accounts got shut down due to inconsistencies in their incoming wires. I'm looking at BTC-e user database right now, only 0.2857% of the users are banned. Much fewer than you'd see at any other exchange, but I suppose that's not a very meaningful metric given the ease of registrations.
idonotknowwhy 9y ago
> Not much different than a Thai person saying the same about a German rotting in their jail because he offended their king on Twitter. "Justice!" I agree. Good luck trying to explain that to idiots like mikeyouse (commented just before me) who miss the point entirely lol.

idonotknowwhy 9y ago

Tell that to the innocent customers who've had their funds (bitcoin and altcoins) frozen.