Comments on: MPEx (S.MPOE) Closing Statement http://trilema.com/2016/mpex-smpoe-closing-statement/ Moving targets for a fast crowd. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:10:47 +0000 http://polimedia.us hourly 1 By: Outer Heaven | Pull Your Own Strings http://trilema.com/2016/mpex-smpoe-closing-statement/#comment-117847 Outer Heaven | Pull Your Own Strings Tue, 28 Jun 2016 09:43:15 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=65651#comment-117847 [...] S.MPOE went private earlier this year, and was sold for 234,000 BTC – roughly $150mn at current prices. Given this is merely a single (albeit expensive) Bitcoin company, it isn’t unfathomable for a well connected and intelligent group of individuals to accumulate a Philosopher’s Legacy. A few hundred million dollars goes a long way, especially if held in a currency that is impossible to censor. Blood diamonds carry the same capacity, but for more sinister and aggressive militant causes. Despite the UN and the US attempting to restrict the export of blood diamonds from Africa, their fungibility and value still remains intact allowing for warlords to finance their child armies. Bitcoin will be a more moral and ethical fuel – a fuel to defend citizens from war, not provoke it. [...] [...] S.MPOE went private earlier this year, and was sold for 234,000 BTC – roughly $150mn at current prices. Given this is merely a single (albeit expensive) Bitcoin company, it isn’t unfathomable for a well connected and intelligent group of individuals to accumulate a Philosopher’s Legacy. A few hundred million dollars goes a long way, especially if held in a currency that is impossible to censor. Blood diamonds carry the same capacity, but for more sinister and aggressive militant causes. Despite the UN and the US attempting to restrict the export of blood diamonds from Africa, their fungibility and value still remains intact allowing for warlords to finance their child armies. Bitcoin will be a more moral and ethical fuel – a fuel to defend citizens from war, not provoke it. [...]

]]> By: Mircea Popescu http://trilema.com/2016/mpex-smpoe-closing-statement/#comment-117255 Mircea Popescu Sat, 14 May 2016 17:37:08 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=65651#comment-117255 Cheers. Cheers.

]]> By: Maximian http://trilema.com/2016/mpex-smpoe-closing-statement/#comment-117253 Maximian Sat, 14 May 2016 06:38:00 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=65651#comment-117253 Mircea - I'm glad that that you're keeping MPEX running. It's been the most reliable and trustworthy asset exchange in Bitcoinland, bar none. I made a shitload of money off it in the early days - here's hoping that it regains its former glory. (please erase my gimped earlier comment) Mircea - I'm glad that that you're keeping MPEX running. It's been the most reliable and trustworthy asset exchange in Bitcoinland, bar none. I made a shitload of money off it in the early days - here's hoping that it regains its former glory.

(please erase my gimped earlier comment)

]]> By: Scalpel http://trilema.com/2016/mpex-smpoe-closing-statement/#comment-117179 Scalpel Mon, 02 May 2016 17:04:10 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=65651#comment-117179 *crickets* *crickets*

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