We can admit that the articles were pretty much always crap. The difference is that, back in the day, someone in the comments section would have pointed out that removing the headphone jack is about ApplePay competing with Square and, in the future, other payment competitors like Bitcoin. If it weren't for a lot of your supposedly highly-intelligent peers deciding to jump into yet another walled garden, maybe
Actually, Rand was almost exactly in the middle of the generation that paid for Social Security twice. The first benefits began in 1940. The first generation of retirees were paid directly out of the treasury. The actual SS taxes that Rand paid went into the "trust fund," which was later loaned out to other government agencies, to pay for war mostly.
Eliminates parasites.
MtGox was not really a bank. It was a trading platform. Keeping Bitcoins on deposit there would allow you to place limit orders.
With emphasis on the "unbelievable," as in "probably complete bullshit." MtGox has been under investigation for a year now, selectively limiting accounts and withdrawals. Karpeles has said himself that the Bitcoins aren't lost, but "temporarily unavailable." There is likely more going on behind the scenes.
I don't do it for the money. -- Donald Trump, Art of the Deal