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This is the UK government we’re talking about, the same government with representatives who think “real people don’t need end-to-end encryption” and that “we sh

This is the UK government we’re talking about, the same government with representatives who think “real people don’t need end-to-end encryption” and that “we should get people who understand the necessary hashtags [sic]” to implement back doors. So more likely than not, the people calling for regulations on bitcoin have little to no understanding of its basic properties.

cinquemb 9y ago
>So more likely than not, the people calling for regulations on bitcoin have little to no understanding of its basic properties. How many on HN would gladly jump at the opportunity to "understand the necessary hashtags", and write the software with skinner box like interfaces for our glorious institutions that we owe our mind and body to in order to protect us from ourselves? Excluding those of you who already work on these profitable boondoggles of course… ;)
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