Simon Says – Musings of a Technology CTO

Gold Farmers (apparently)

This week the Ministry of Commerce for The Peoples Republic Of China joins Korea in announcing a new initiative to implement controls on the conversion of virtual to physical currency. The press release on the MOFCOM site highlights the scope of the problem:

According to media reports, the virtual money trade topped several billion yuan (￥1B=US$146M)  last year after rising around 20 percent annually.

Though this move seems to be targeted towards individuals bypassing tax payments by transacting online money for real goods and services, it also touches on the greater problems of CyberLaudering and Gold Farming. Read more…