See http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/11/24/in-bitcoins-orbit-rival-virtual-currencies-vie-for-acceptance/?_r=0
-tj On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 7:02 PM, Giles Bowkett <[email protected]> wrote: > Not really. Once I chipped in for a pizza by sending a friend Bitcoin. > That's about it, though. > > > On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Have you bought anything with BCs? The California cupcake seller >> accepting them was a great story, and interesting that they have grown >> considerably in value must have helped her business too! >> >> -- Owen >> >> >> On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Giles Bowkett <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello! I bought some BTC back when they were $40 each. They went down to >>> $10 so I sold them. But then I decided against it and bought 3.475 more, >>> for around $34.75. I sold the 0.475 the other day for ~$337. I obviously >>> now wish I'd bought more when they were $10. >>> >>> My Bitcoins could be diamonds or Beanie Babies, so I don't know if I'm >>> going to retire on them 20 years from now or just think of them as a >>> nostalgic joke. Only time will tell. >>> >>> This is the best (even-handed) thing I've seen recently on Bitcoin: >>> >>> >>> http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2013/04/bitcoin-is-money-bitcoin-is-bubble.html >>> >>> This is the classic (wildly optimistic) thing on Bitcoin, I think: >>> >>> >>> http://falkvinge.net/2011/05/29/why-im-putting-all-my-savings-into-bitcoin/ >>> >>> And this is something (handy but not amazing) which I built: >>> http://btcusd.gilesb.com/ >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 8:07 PM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Just listened to an NPR discussion of bitcoin. Fascinating! Good >>>> for bad-guys, and good-guys. >>>> >>>> Families sending money to family in Africa, avoiding huge transaction >>>> fees for pennies of bitcoin fees. >>>> >>>> The Silk Road market where you can buy all sorts of illegal things. >>>> >>>> The third world carries its money in their phones. >>>> >>>> WikiLeaks who takes BC as their only payment method, due to US pressure >>>> on international banking. >>>> >>>> A Market on the lives of political leaders, on the likelihood of >>>> assassination, and guys who get a take of the stakes once they prove they >>>> done it. >>>> >>>> BC is illusive. Like another "bit", bit torrent, it's so distributed >>>> and p2p that its hard to get your brain around it. >>>> >>>> Even the Fed Reserve admires it and is interested in its future. >>>> >>>> And in terms of legality, it an offense to steal it and a guy is being >>>> tried for a ponzi scheme involving BC. >>>> >>>> And its trading very high against the dollar. >>>> >>>> Has anyone gotten involved? Got a bitcoin? They interviewed a cupcake >>>> business that takes BC and they've made a bundle just on its huge increase >>>> in value. >>>> >>>> -- Owen >>>> >>>> ============================================================ >>>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>>> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Giles Bowkett >>> http://gilesbowkett.com >>> >>> ============================================================ >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> > > > > -- > Giles Bowkett > http://gilesbowkett.com > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > -- ========================================== J. T. Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA<http://www.analyticjournalism.com/> 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) Twitter: jtjohnson slideshare.net/jtjohnson/presentations http://www.jtjohnson.com [email protected] ==========================================
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