To be fair, I (as the creator of BitShares) do not support any regulation and opposed that particular language in the press release. My primary goal is to show that the systems already self-regulate without the need for rules or laws. I do not believe in asking regulators for permission and generally prefer to just ignore them.

You will never find me supporting any rule making for others.  What I don't want is the government to misinterpret what we are doing in a way that could get developers in trouble.    

Dan



On Dec 20, 2013, at 7:40 PM, Amir Taaki <genjix@???> wrote:

> This guy is cool as fuck!
>
> http://torrentfreak.com/most-important-torrent-site-in-years-to-take-the-internet-by-storm-131219/
>
> "Lately we’ve seen more and more proof that what just a few
> ‘conspiranoids’ like myself were alerting years ago is now unfortunately
> becoming true: the war to control the Internet is being won by corrupt
> governments and corporations,” Soto tells TorrentFreak.
>
> "The team have not only created a great product, but unlike the vast
> majority of other torrent site operators they are not hiding away. They
> are proud of their product and ready to stand by it – no matter what."
>
> "Our robots are crawling everything, they discover new torrent sites on a
> daily basis."
>
> Aaand a bit of history:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Watch_Foundation#Background
>
> In other news, Mastercoin Foundation, Bitshares and ColoredCoins form a
> new organisation for self-regulation:
>
> http://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/mastercoin-foundation-bitshares-coloredcoins-form-160000194.html
>
> From Bitcoin developers collaborating with police against Silk Road users,
> to self-regulation (pre-emptively creating rules that don't exist under
> the implied threat of law enforcement = self-censorship) and the drive to
> marginalise the "Bitcoin fringe" so Bitcoin can grow up, I see one end
> result. History repeats itself.
>
>
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