Originally Posted by
waldroprob
The USA can shut down exchanges, money transmitters, etc. but they can't shut down bitcoin - that is the point - it's is ditributed, p2p network, like bitorrent. If you can't see the value in a global network that allows sending money to anyone globally for essentially free, with no 3rd party bank or middle man - then you have no clue.
Bitcoin, or something like it, is clearly the future and some of us have been betting sports with them for 2 years + with no problems: no ID, no withdrawal nightmares, etc.