I and my organizational resources are here to help achieve this wresting
away. Say the word.

I can be where you are within 48 hours as well.


On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Mike Gogulski <mike@???> wrote:

> This all goes to prove, in my mind and the minds of some others around
> me, that even nominal control of the canonical Bitcoin codebase needs to
> be wrested away, by hook or by crook, from @BTCFoundation, and
> especially from Gavin and Garzik, and/or supplanted by something else.
>
> libbitcoin is one possibility, Amir, but as we've discussed the license
> is limiting and there needs to be a native C API rather than C++.
>
> Bits of Proof is also doing interesting work:
> http://bitsofproof.com/?page_id=34 (see resources section)
>
> On 06/15/2013 10:35 AM, Amir Taaki wrote:
> > It goes even deeper. The NSA was an active developer of the open
> > source project Hadoop.
> >
> > The NSA doesn’t just use Hadoop. NSA programmers have improved and
> > extended Hadoop and donated their changes and additions back to the
> > larger community. The CIA actively invests in start-ups that are
> > commercializing Hadoop and other open source projects.
> >
> > Source:
> >
> >
> http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/14/1216254/-NSA-and-CIA-helped-commercial-firms-develop-data-mining-capabilities
> >
> > Bitcoin regulation thing is in full swing now. The excuse that it will
> > help grow Bitcoin by complying regulation is ignoring the fact that
> > regulation is ALWAYS a creeping growing thing, and that this sort of
> > corruption of the purity of the Bitcoin system will destroy its
> integrity.
> >
> > Gavin Andresen, lead core Bitcoin developer and chief scientist says:
> >
> > I'm a pragmatist, so if putting star patches on my air guitar gives
> > the people in power warm fuzzies, I'm happy to do it. I'll ask them
> > exactly what type of star they'd like me to use and exactly where
> > they'd like me to apply it, and while they were busy figuring that
> > out I'll be busy working hard to get a few million more air guitar
> > users.
> >
> > Being a majority protects people from assaults.
> >
> > http://i40.tinypic.com/f0ql40.png
> >
> > This kind of attitude will destroy and corrupt the core integrity of
> > the Bitcoin system, in the same way that censoring websites and giving
> > preference to traffic on the internet corrupts the neutrality of the
> > medium.
> >
> > People are arguing that the regulation expected of Bitcoin is not that
> > bad. But regulation is ALWAYS creeping. It grows and grows.
> >
> > These people are totally satisfied with the status quo. They are only
> > into Bitcoin because they've found their niche where they can cling
> > on. Otherwise they don't care about its revolutionary properties. They
> > are comfortable already in their lives.
> >
> > Financial Times article this weekend:
> >
> > http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/910858fa-d3bf-11e2-95d4-00144feab7de.html
> >
> > They called their conference "Bitcoin 2013: The Future of Payments".
> > They see Bitcoin as a payments innovation to help make the financial
> > system more efficient. They want to protect their profits, and dislike
> > government because they take too much of their income - not because of
> > any evils they commit overseas or to poor people.
> >
> > And anyone claiming that Bitcoin is revolutionary and that drug
> > markets are great is a threat to the legitimate front they are putting
> > up, and the legitimate businesses they are creating.
> >
> > On 15/06/13 00:35, R C wrote:
> > >
> >
> http://www.prisonplanet.com/nyc-introduces-bill-to-outlaw-3d-printed-guns.html
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Sincerely,

Cody R. Wilson
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The University of Texas School of Law
Class of 2014