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		kolinko on June 13, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: For Sale: 29,656.51306529 Bitcoins Well, wasn't e-gold shut down because it didn't comply with aml laws? What if there were two separate entities? One for the currency, and another one for the exchanges? Only exchanges would be considered money transmitters in such a case, right?

mike_esspe on June 13, 2014 [–]

Liberty reserve was structured similar to your idea, you could get it only via exchanges, not directly. That didn't help to protect from US government.

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