> Not if you know where to look. People are buying coins on Bitcoinary within minutes. https://www.bitcoinary.com/ https://www.bitcoinary.com/ I suppose if you

> Not if you know where to look. People are buying coins on Bitcoinary within minutes. https://www.bitcoinary.com/ https://www.bitcoinary.com/ I suppose if you dont mind the risk of your paypal account being limited, or the chance of being fucked in the trade- sure. > I doubt that. You can't litigate globally. Tell that to the USA and Megaupload. They took down one site (in another country) and the rest of the filelockers immediately shut down out of fear. Nobody wants to go to jail / lose their profits. Exchanges are motivated by profit, not philanthropy or zealotry to the bitcoin cause. > True for nearly all currencies or stocks. Stocks are a tangible asset. They are tied to the ownership of a company. Sometimes they pay dividends. Bitcoins are tied to nothing. Currency is tied to the status/growth of the nation attached to it. > Unlikely, but I suspect another exchange would spring in its place. Didnt happen that way for megaupload. Or pokerstars. > Same for all currencies. The value of currency is belief in the piece of paper you hold. Agreed. Other currency's have the benefit of being nation backed though.