On 15 March 2014 13:31, Daniel Zahn <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 10:13 AM, Nathan <[email protected]> wrote
>> It's hard to credit that people are still pushing for the WMF to accept >> Bitcoin payments after the worlds major venue for trading them, the Magic: >> The Gathering Online Exchange, crashed and "disappeared" $500m. Obviously >> not a safe and secure payment modality right now, where is the rush to jump >> into something so risky? > The risk her was trusting a centralized place with being an escrow for your > money though, > not Bitcoin itself. Functionally, a currency is its social structures and how it flows - not just the objects deemed currency themselves. It's not money unless it flows, and Bitcoin flows through exchanges that range from laughably inept to criminal. - d. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
