I'm glad to see more money spent on these issues, hopefully we will have some breakthroughs soon.
While the current medications surely do help a lot of people, I've watched really smart friends devolve into zombies while on some of them. People I've known for 15 years who are definately not the same people they were when they started. They themselves don't notice the change, of course, because it happens slowly.
We really need better options with less severe personality change side-effects.
Interesting, do you know of any ATMs in currently use that don't have these kinds of requirements? I love bitcoin but this machine leaves a lot to be desired.
EDIT, since I can't reply to nvk's message below mine: that link just has a bunch of press releases and a map, it does not help to answer the question of what identity requirements those ATMs have. Robocoin did not exactly advertise these requirements loudly in their PR either.
Wow, I've never seen a bitcoin ATM but I'm shocked at the creepy amount of data collection you have to undergo to use it.
Phone number? Okay I guess...
A picture? Well, I don't like it but I guess most people won't have a problem with it.
A drivers license? Ehhh... this is giving me the creeps.
A hand scan? This is just getting ridiculous.
Thanks for that video, I am now no longer excited about bitcoin ATMs and know I will never use one.
While the current medications surely do help a lot of people, I've watched really smart friends devolve into zombies while on some of them. People I've known for 15 years who are definately not the same people they were when they started. They themselves don't notice the change, of course, because it happens slowly.
We really need better options with less severe personality change side-effects.