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Bitcoin => Press => Topic started by: Spekulatius on October 16, 2012, 03:23:47 PM



Title: 2012-10-16 MMObux.com - Bitcoin Challenges Authority-backed Real World Cash
Post by: Spekulatius on October 16, 2012, 03:23:47 PM
Ok, what was announced (http://www.prurgent.com/2012-10-16/pressrelease267477.htm) as an "in-dept discussion on Bitcoin" turns out a short, factually flawed article of virtual currencies as means of in-game payment for online games. Positive in tone but full of FAIL (fail meter shows: "Over 9000"). Pls journalists: Cover Bitcoin, but do your homework!

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What we see is Facebook's soaring returns demonstrated by a growth rate of 300% in 2012 for an estimated Facebook Credits revenue of $4 billion.

I doubt that $4 billion was due to their credits. If you follow the link (http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/22/40-billion-facebook-credits/) from the article, one can see that techcrunch misunderstood how revenue is generated and according to the chart provided only 1410$ ( ???) in revenue have been generated in 2012. All very questionable.

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What follows is the very first open-source Bitcoin client, Bitcoind. How it works: Imagine the Bitcoind client is your wallet and Bitcoin addresses, which are human-readable strings of numbers and letters is your bank note. Between two clients, you can send the 33 readable strings as payment for some goods or services.

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users can generate satoshis (the currency) offline

really?

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Outlets to obtain satosis, [sic]

lol

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With that said, it's only a matter of time before Bitcoin transforms into an official means for digital monetary exchange that challenges real world hard cash.

http://www.mmobux.com/articles/3873/bitcoin-digital-currency-challenges-authority-backed-real-world-cash