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Originally Posted by MindBomber
I don't trust present government regulatory policy or its regulators and, as a result, I support a paradigm shift. But, because I do not support government regulatory policy and its regulators in their present state does not mean I do not support the notion of government regulatory policy and regulators in a paradigm shift. I believe, the state of humanity still requires these systemic safeguards due to greed, unsophisticated understandings of systems by participants, etc. It's an unfortunate necessity in a still minimally advanced society.
I would love to see bitcoin become self-regulating because that would solve the most significant of a series of issues which I believe will hinder or prevent its progress. The question is how bitcoin would prevent its self-regulation becoming like present government regulation and, in turn, negating its advantage. I never said I don't support the idea of bitcoin, I just see issues that need to be addressed. Think of it as constructive criticism.
I'm 26. I don't see where on my profile my age is listed. I didn't have internet access outside of the school library/lab until mid high school, which was the case for most of my friends. I didn't even have a computer at home until mid elementary school. I very much remember how different things were.
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I realize that you're just asking questions, and that's a good thing. I think a lot fewer people would have been screwed by Gox had they done the same.
Regarding the age, apparently the "Age" section of RS profiles is just based on whatever you enter when you register. I went back and looked at actual birthdates, and everyone is 22-26, with one guy who is 34 but he's pretty much a troll, so hardly counts
I still think it's an interesting trend. I would have thought this age group would be on the leading edge of something like this, but in Canada at least, it doesn't look to be the case.
I definitely think the internet revolution (and it truly is a revolution, probably the biggest in our history) would have been much more profound to someone my age (35) compared to someone born 10 years later. Especially since I was on the cutting edge of that as well.