On Thursday, the World Bank held a conference on Virtual Currencies and invited Gavin Andresen, Lead Developer for Bitcoin, and Patrick Murck, General Counsel for the Bitcoin Foundation, to speak at a panel. The Wednesday before the panel they joined the DC Bitcoin Meetup to hold an open forum, where they fielded questions from the 50 member audience for two hours. The following are Gavin’s (GA) and Patrick’s (PM) paraphrased responses. Editor’s Note: TGB does not necessarily support any of the following opinions. They are published here to illustrate the viewpoints of two of the more influential people in the bitcoin community. What major …