Disbursing BTC is not supposed to be terribly difficult. Trivial vs. other forms of currency in fact. That's one of the reasons why I like Bitcoin.
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FTR: my BTC were released. Took twice as long as advertised, but I got 'em.
I don't feel to bad about being whiny here given that TH squealed like a stuck pig when Dwolla didn't live up to their stated procedures (and rightly so.)
I would still be interested in follow-up on my idea of lending my BTC to an exchange...hopefully with a little bit more control on my side than in my recent experience. I see an issue with it in that everyone would always pull their BTC from the exchange simply to collect the 'interest' under the scheme I've described.
Seems like most commodities markets gain some benefit by virtue of the property that most players have no interest in taking control of the commodity and would not know what to do with 20 truckloads of pork bellies if they did take possession. Bitcoin is different. I fully expect that Tradehill, CampBX, Ruxum, etc have taken this into account in their business plans. Hope so at least.
I am attracted to Bitcoin because I have enough control of my liquidity to direct it toward where it will do *me* the most good. Or if I am in a good mood, some other entity of my choosing (e.g., the community at large or Wikilieaks or whatever.)