Russia want completely ban Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies

[Paweł Zegartowski]

Well I'm calm...at least  I'm not the Ukrainian fortunately :P




On 2 August 2014 19:28, Fernando Paladini <fnpaladini at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's a joke, keep calm :P
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Paweł Zegartowski <pzegar at gmail.com>
> Date: 2014-08-02 12:42 GMT-03:00
> Subject: Re: Russia want completely ban Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies
> To: Fernando Paladini <fnpaladini at gmail.com>
> Cc: cpunks <cypherpunks at cpunks.org>
>
>
> "I miss the Soviet Union, at least they respected the personal and social
> freedom (but, yes, I know Stalin was a lunatic). "
>
> I hope you don't really believe that.
>
>
> On 2 August 2014 17:11, Fernando Paladini <fnpaladini at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> But when they say "criminal penalty for mining and other operation", what
>> they mean? I say, how can Russia know who are using Bitcoin, how can Russia
>> know who are trading or mining Bitcoin?
>>
>> I think this image can describe the idea I want pass:
>> http://news.insidebitcoins.com/sites/default/files/government-banning-bitcoin.jpg
>> Am I wrong about that?
>>
>> I miss the Soviet Union, at least they respected the personal and social
>> freedom (but, yes, I know Stalin was a lunatic).
>>
>>
>> 2014-08-01 20:29 GMT-03:00 Troy Benjegerdes <hozer at hozed.org>:
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 01, 2014 at 08:10:55PM +0000, Anton Nesterov wrote:
>>> > Ministry of Finance of Russia drafted a bill to ban cryptocurrencies
>>> > with administrative or criminal penalty for mining and other operation.
>>> > Also they want to censor bitcoin-related websites.
>>> >
>>> > This will come into force in 2015.
>>> >
>>> > http://top.rbc.ru/economics/01/08/2014/940521.shtml (in Russian)
>>>
>>> I don't know anything about russian politics, but US politicians draft
>>> idiotic rules/legislation all the time that get dramatically changed.
>>>
>>> (exhibit a:
>>>
>>> http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/07/17/ny-financial-regulator-releases-draft-of-bitlicense-for-bitcoin-businesses/
>>> )
>>>
>>> If Russia wishes to exclude themselves from the world economy, that is
>>> their
>>> choice, but I suspect their oligarchs will still want to hide money in
>>> New York
>>>
>>> http://nymag.com/news/features/foreigners-hiding-money-new-york-real-estate-2014-6/
>>> and they'll have to get a Bitlicense to properly launder the transaction.
>>>
>>> My prediction is that Bitlicense will evolve into being the much vaunted
>>> 'anonymous digital cash', and you'll just need to pay the proper
>>> protection fee
>>> to the state of New York or they will get a bank to hold your funds for
>>> ransom
>>> like they are doing to Argentina's on-time debt payments.
>>>
>>> I also fully expect other states and nations will get into the licensed
>>> cryptocoin
>>> protection racket in ways that reflect their local culture and values.
>>>
>>> Don't mess with flyover land if you want to get insurance.
>>>
>>> http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/tech/2014/05/16/des-moines-area-insurers-create-startups-haven-technology-iowa-innovation/9160921/
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Fernando Paladini
>>
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> --
> Pozdrawiam,
> Paweł Zegartowski
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> --
> Fernando Paladini
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Pozdrawiam,
Paweł Zegartowski
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