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		drivebyacct2 on Oct 27, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Buy Or Sell Bitcoin By Connecting Any U.S. Bank Ac... What the hell? Seriously, what. Why? Why not use a token? Oh if only there were already protocols written to handle identity and access auth.

seandougall on Oct 27, 2012 [–]

On the financial system's technological timeline, those protocols won't happen for another 20-30 years yet.

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