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Title: Bank of Italy turns off Vatican credit cards and cash machines
Post by: fancy_pants on January 04, 2013, 02:56:15 AM
Here's an article explaining that the Vatican is having problems complying with the legacy banking system.  No mention of bitcoin:

http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/03/business/italy-vatican/ (http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/03/business/italy-vatican/)


Title: Re: Bank of Italy turns off Vatican credit cards and cash machines
Post by: Crypt_Current on January 04, 2013, 03:37:19 AM
maybe they'll switch to using BTC ...


Title: Re: Bank of Italy turns off Vatican credit cards and cash machines
Post by: fancy_pants on January 04, 2013, 03:51:05 AM
maybe they'll switch to using BTC ...

Yeah maybe.  I hope the bitinstant guys write an open letter to the pope about this one. That Mitt Romney thing still brings a tear of joy to my eye.


Title: Re: Bank of Italy turns off Vatican credit cards and cash machines
Post by: ArticMine on January 04, 2013, 05:18:50 AM
maybe they'll switch to using BTC ...

So during the collection one scans a QR code with one's phone.


Title: Re: Bank of Italy turns off Vatican credit cards and cash machines
Post by: lebing on January 04, 2013, 06:32:21 AM
Well, that would be a strange ally.


Title: Re: Bank of Italy turns off Vatican credit cards and cash machines
Post by: thoughtfan on January 04, 2013, 10:03:09 AM
Well, that would be a strange ally.
I'm not so sure.  I guess it would be kind-of apt should a currency that has attracted so many scams and scammers in its short life be adopted by the biggest scammer in the human history!


Title: Re: Bank of Italy turns off Vatican credit cards and cash machines
Post by: vokain on January 04, 2013, 10:54:13 AM
Well, that would be a strange ally.
I'm not so sure.  I guess it would be kind-of apt should a currency that has attracted so many scams and scammers in its short life be adopted by the biggest scammer in the human history!


Forgiveness for a bitcoin!


Title: Re: Bank of Italy turns off Vatican credit cards and cash machines
Post by: mccorvic on January 04, 2013, 04:00:36 PM
Well, that would be a strange ally.
I'm not so sure.  I guess it would be kind-of apt should a currency that has attracted so many scams and scammers in its short life be adopted by the biggest scammer in the human history!

We should make the Pope a bitcointalk account with the scammer tag


Title: Re: Bank of Italy turns off Vatican credit cards and cash machines
Post by: ArticMine on January 04, 2013, 05:12:26 PM
Well, that would be a strange ally.
I'm not so sure.  I guess it would be kind-of apt should a currency that has attracted so many scams and scammers in its short life be adopted by the biggest scammer in the human history!

We should make the Pope a bitcointalk account with the scammer tag

No. Bitcoin needs to be sold to the Catholic Church as a means to save a fortune in currency conversion and banking fees.


Title: Re: Bank of Italy turns off Vatican credit cards and cash machines
Post by: Yankee (BitInstant) on January 04, 2013, 05:36:04 PM
maybe they'll switch to using BTC ...

Yeah maybe.  I hope the bitinstant guys write an open letter to the pope about this one. That Mitt Romney thing still brings a tear of joy to my eye.

Thats a great idea!


Title: Re: Bank of Italy turns off Vatican credit cards and cash machines
Post by: The Pope on January 04, 2013, 05:53:11 PM
Someone called?


Title: Re: Bank of Italy turns off Vatican credit cards and cash machines
Post by: Crypt_Current on January 04, 2013, 06:03:15 PM
Someone called?

 :D  awesome
like Lurch's "YOU RANG?"  haha.


Title: Re: Bank of Italy turns off Vatican credit cards and cash machines
Post by: wtfvanity on January 04, 2013, 06:07:31 PM
Someone called?

Holy crap, it's the freaking pope!


Title: Re: Bank of Italy turns off Vatican credit cards and cash machines
Post by: lebing on January 04, 2013, 06:16:27 PM
This thread is delivering


Title: Re: Bank of Italy turns off Vatican credit cards and cash machines
Post by: The Pope on January 04, 2013, 06:24:13 PM
Brothers, don't forget to donate to The Pope Bitcoin Fund: 136J1tsWHZou288J6iiAmxEgVgzYAqWcDG
Know your coins will be blessed with the grace of God. No Tom Williams here.

Yankee, I'm eagerly awaiting Erik's open letter to me.


Title: Re: Bank of Italy turns off Vatican credit cards and cash machines
Post by: wtfvanity on January 04, 2013, 06:35:34 PM
Brothers, don't forget to donate to The Pope Bitcoin Fund: 136J1tsWHZou288J6iiAmxEgVgzYAqWcDG
Know your coins will be blessed with the grace of God. No Tom Williams here.

Yankee, I'm eagerly awaiting Erik's open letter to me.

That's not the pope's bitcoin address. His address has 1PopeB in it, case sensitive!

I found it, here: 1PopeBq2nUPzkSdRwDR1TF1KLn2eKroVv4


Title: Re: Bank of Italy turns off Vatican credit cards and cash machines
Post by: Luno on January 04, 2013, 06:48:40 PM
Brothers, don't forget to donate to The Pope Bitcoin Fund: 136J1tsWHZou288J6iiAmxEgVgzYAqWcDG
Know your coins will be blessed with the grace of God. No Tom Williams here.

Yankee, I'm eagerly awaiting Erik's open letter to me.

Hi Joseph or Bennedict 16'th. Ask yourself what your RL father would say to not complying with the law. He was a cop you know.

Maybe instead of demanding a 100.000.000 EUR minimum deposit to have an account in the Banco de Vaticano, You could make it a bitcoin only bank. Plenty of Chatholics around to give it a flying start. Berlusconi and other of you big unnamed customers would like it much better too.

You could make "The Holy Mary Bitcoin tumbler" for those of your customers that need that kind of service.


Title: Re: Bank of Italy turns off Vatican credit cards and cash machines
Post by: SgtSpike on January 04, 2013, 06:58:32 PM
Didn't they turned off those options due to money laundering problems?  And you guys want to propose Bitcoin to them??   :D


Title: Re: Bank of Italy turns off Vatican credit cards and cash machines
Post by: The Pope on January 04, 2013, 07:05:33 PM
I already have God's programmers working on JesusDice.com
Now people can donate while having fun and who knows, maybe get rich, with God's help.

Luke-jr, your Lord commands you not to attack JesusDice.com on the Bitcoin wiki.


That's not the pope's bitcoin address. His address has 1PopeB in it, case sensitive!

I found it, here: 1PopeBq2nUPzkSdRwDR1TF1KLn2eKroVv4


The Pope has no vanity address, because vanity is a sin.

The correct address is the one on my signature: 136J1tsWHZou288J6iiAmxEgVgzYAqWcDG


Title: Re: Bank of Italy turns off Vatican credit cards and cash machines
Post by: wtfvanity on January 04, 2013, 07:16:33 PM
I already have God's programmers working on JesusDice.com
Now people can donate while having fun and who knows, maybe get rich, with God's help.

Luke-jr, your Lord commands you not to attack JesusDice.com on the Bitcoin wiki.


That's not the pope's bitcoin address. His address has 1PopeB in it, case sensitive!

I found it, here: 1PopeBq2nUPzkSdRwDR1TF1KLn2eKroVv4


The Pope has no vanity address, because vanity is a sin.

The correct address is the one on my signature: 136J1tsWHZou288J6iiAmxEgVgzYAqWcDG

Oh my goodness... this was posted under a different username with the top half ending at luke-jr and I didn't get it, ignored it. Checked again and the pope posted it... I wish I would have taken notice who it was... lol. too funny. Bad management of multiple user accounts.


Title: Re: Bank of Italy turns off Vatican credit cards and cash machines
Post by: Luno on January 04, 2013, 07:21:09 PM
We can't have a newb pope. Give him moderator status right away!!


Title: Re: Bank of Italy turns off Vatican credit cards and cash machines
Post by: adamstgBit on January 04, 2013, 07:43:10 PM
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=10348;type=avatar
 :D


Title: Re: Bank of Italy turns off Vatican credit cards and cash machines
Post by: Crypt_Current on January 04, 2013, 08:19:32 PM
Didn't they turned off those options due to money laundering problems?  And you guys want to propose Bitcoin to them??   :D

Sinners gon' sin!  so, yes  ;D