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TampaAnimusVortex

(785 posts)
Wed Apr 30, 2014, 07:28 PM Apr 2014

First he invented 3D printed plastic guns - now, he's making Bitcoins untraceable.

Cody Wilson - The guy who brought you the first 3D printed gun, is tied with a group of coders who are bringing the world Dark Wallet.

“This is a way of using bitcoin that mocks every attempt to sprinkle it with regulation,” says Cody Wilson, one of Dark Wallet’s two 26-year-old organizers. “It’s a way to say to the government ‘You’ve set yourself up to regulate bitcoin. Regulate this.’”

http://www.wired.com/2014/04/dark-wallet/

Now that's one crazy little anarchist!

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First he invented 3D printed plastic guns - now, he's making Bitcoins untraceable. (Original Post) TampaAnimusVortex Apr 2014 OP
ah, bitcoin, the libertarians Dream Currency™ dionysus Apr 2014 #1
Let's see him create a 3D printed bitcoin. That would be something! ( n/t ) Make7 Apr 2014 #2

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