Wait -- you deleted Bitcoins worth around 14,000 USD when there are exchanges (like Mt. Gox) who are very openly trying to comply with any applicable regulation

Wait -- you deleted Bitcoins worth around 14,000 USD when there are exchanges (like Mt. Gox) who are very openly trying to comply with any applicable regulations, local and international, and who would have gladly exchanged your Bitcoins for real USD? Unless you're trolling or lying, that's not something I would so proudly admit. It's says a lot more about your common sense than whatever ideological statement you were trying to make. BTW, I completely agree with your thesis that BTC will continue to fail until it stops attracting so many thieves, crackers, and get-rich-quick con men. That's actually why I pulled out of the game. But delete 14,000 USD worth of BTC? Common on, man.