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License to print money... BitCoin?
| August 9th, 2013 at 3:33:01 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 165 Posts: 6374 |
Then the meaning revolves more around "when it is accepted the debt is extinguished". Thanks. I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| August 13th, 2013 at 10:49:51 PM permalink | |
| Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | Forbes: Every important person in BitCoin just got subpoenaed by NY Regulators. Forbes |
| August 15th, 2013 at 10:39:36 AM permalink | |
| Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | Recent theft of five grand in BitCoins made possible by flaws in Android's Java and OpenSSL crypto PRNG, Google revealed in a blog post. See: Slashdot 08/15/13. |
| August 18th, 2013 at 8:14:09 PM permalink | |
| Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | Recent slashdot: Germany has declared bitcoin to be private money, therefore lawful but subject to capital gains tax if used in multilateral clearing houses. |
| August 31st, 2013 at 5:40:21 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 137 Posts: 21195 | Why on earth is the price going so crazy this week? Syria/Egypt? War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength |
| October 30th, 2013 at 11:31:26 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | Man buys $27 of bitcoin, forgets about them, finds they're now worth $886k Bitcoins are now going for US$200. This story of a man who bought 5000 bitcoins in 2009 for $27 are now worth US$1 million. He cashed in 20% and bought an apartment in a nice spot in Oslo. |
| November 2nd, 2013 at 1:50:03 PM permalink | |
| Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | So why can't I market a bit coin knockoff? |
| November 3rd, 2013 at 8:23:41 AM permalink | |
| TheCesspit Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 23 Posts: 1929 |
You can. Nothing stops you creating your own virtual currency. It wouldn't validate to the bitcoin system though, so if you sold your virtual coin as a 'bitcoin' it would rapidly be apparent it wasn't a valid coin, and the transfer would be rejected by the buyer. It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die.... it's called Life |
| December 20th, 2014 at 12:45:29 AM permalink | |
| Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | Bitcoin now has a novel. God is a Gamer. |
| December 30th, 2014 at 12:06:17 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | While peaking at $1242 on Mt Gox it seems they are down around $322. |