I have two classifications for my digital collection: Old Music and New Music. Old Music is everything recorded before I was born. New Music is everything recorded after I was born. It cuts down on putting too much time into it all.
> they finally have competition encroaching on their territory like Stripe + Square
And bitcoin. No matter how PayPal tries to put the kibosh on selling PayPal for bitcoin, people will still find a way around it.
I no longer use PayPal after their first and only abuse of my account. They had one chance and I found better solutions. That the CEO is sending out emails to high PR value customers is a very telling move.
> Money laundering, buying illegal stuff, you know pretty much the only reasons for real people (other than hacker enthusists) for using BCs.
My reason for using them and wanting them to see wider adoption is because PayPal sucks. YCombinator is somewhat invested in Bitcoin because they know a good possibility when they see one.
The rest of your arguments can also be made about cash, with the added exception that my bitcoins, bought at about $4, have outperformed gold, the dollar, the Dow and NYSE even with the price crash last year. I held my btc and have gathered more since. Even with price averaging, I'm doing better than my friends in the stock market.
Just a reminder, but there's no declared war. There's military action, yes. But no war has been declared.
Manning is only a traitor if one enjoys fellating the Military-Industrial Complex.