# Gavin Andresen
# 2010-08-10 21:26:14
# https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=721.msg8601#msg8601

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Sure, in exactly the same way the existence of credit cards motivates behavior of stealing credit card numbers from innocent credit card users. @p{par}

Or the existence of bank accounts motivates hackers to try to break into your system to find out your bank account number. @p{par}

Or the existence of cars motivates some people to steal gasoline from innocent service station owners. @p{par}

I believe the benefits of Bitcoin will outweigh the harm, and I further believe that I @p{(bf}am@p{bf)} capable of making that moral judgment.  I might be wrong, and I might regret I ever got involved, but if I only ever did things that I was 100% certain were going to work out for the best I would never accomplish anything new and interesting. @p{brk}