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Title: NY Times: Winklevoss twins own 1% of all Bitcoins Post by: Pangia on April 11, 2013, 09:29:25 PM http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/04/11/as-big-investors-emerge-bitcoin-gets-ready-for-its-close-up/
Title: Re: NY Times: Winklevoss twins own 1% of all Bitcoins Post by: noedaRDH on April 11, 2013, 10:04:38 PM Well that's certainly some good news for once.
Title: Re: NY Times: Winklevoss twins own 1% of all Bitcoins Post by: coretechs on April 11, 2013, 10:08:55 PM Quick, everyone switch to Bytecoin! ;D
Title: Re: NY Times: Winklevoss twins own 1% of all Bitcoins Post by: ErebusBat on April 11, 2013, 10:10:02 PM I don't believe it, unless I see some signed messaged from some big addresses.
Title: Re: NY Times: Winklevoss twins own 1% of all Bitcoins Post by: Wompaone on April 11, 2013, 10:11:56 PM Those are the Harvard twins that were in the face film weren't they.
Title: Re: NY Times: Winklevoss twins own 1% of all Bitcoins Post by: Stunna on April 11, 2013, 10:14:15 PM It says they've been massing it for a while, so pretty wise investment.
Title: Re: NY Times: Winklevoss twins own 1% of all Bitcoins Post by: moni3z on April 11, 2013, 10:18:00 PM Good maybe they can do VC for bitcoin related startups with actual bitcoin. If they read this PM me lolz
Title: Re: NY Times: Winklevoss twins own 1% of all Bitcoins Post by: proudhon on April 11, 2013, 10:18:34 PM The bad luck Brians of the financial world. Ouch!
Title: Re: NY Times: Winklevoss twins own 1% of all Bitcoins Post by: BitCoinsLOL on April 11, 2013, 10:19:53 PM Not saying it's true but makes a lot of sense if they have an idea in mind for a site that deals in BTC.
Title: Re: NY Times: Winklevoss twins own 1% of all Bitcoins Post by: aigeezer on April 11, 2013, 10:24:18 PM The article isn't too bad, but there are the usual painful moments:
"... with new coins “mined” by programmers who solve mathematical riddles. The coins can then be bought and sold through upstart exchanges...." Title: Re: NY Times: Winklevoss twins own 1% of all Bitcoins Post by: cryptoanarchist on April 11, 2013, 10:25:44 PM Fools and their bitcoins are soon parted.
Title: Re: NY Times: Winklevoss twins own 1% of all Bitcoins Post by: dg2010 on April 11, 2013, 10:28:52 PM "... with new coins “mined” by programmers who solve mathematical riddles. LOL. Quote of the fucking year. You hear that miners? You be solving riddles and shit. Ahahahahaha. Title: Re: NY Times: Winklevoss twins own 1% of all Bitcoins Post by: blockbet.net on April 11, 2013, 10:38:15 PM "... with new coins “mined” by programmers who solve mathematical riddles." That's an improvement, they're not HACKERS any more. Title: Re: NY Times: Winklevoss twins own 1% of all Bitcoins Post by: aigeezer on April 11, 2013, 10:40:36 PM The article isn't too bad, but there are the usual painful moments: "... with new coins “mined” by programmers who solve mathematical riddles. The coins can then be bought and sold through upstart exchanges...." At the end he used the word ponzi scheme, and said he was just going to keep his dollar. It was filled with many opinions not facts. Huh? Which article are you referring to and who is the "he" you cite who is just going to keep his dollar? The article under discussion ends thus, I think: "The Winklevoss brothers said that this week’s chaotic trading are only “growing pains” like those seen by other young technologies, and not enough to scare them away. “It has been four years and it has yet to be discredited as a viable alternative to fiat currency,” said Tyler Winklevoss. “We could be totally wrong, but we are curious to see this play out a lot more.” " Title: Re: NY Times: Winklevoss twins own 1% of all Bitcoins Post by: aigeezer on April 11, 2013, 10:54:54 PM The article isn't too bad, but there are the usual painful moments: "... with new coins “mined” by programmers who solve mathematical riddles. The coins can then be bought and sold through upstart exchanges...." At the end he used the word ponzi scheme, and said he was just going to keep his dollar. It was filled with many opinions not facts. Huh? Which article are you referring to and who is the "he" you cite who is just going to keep his dollar? The article under discussion ends thus, I think: "The Winklevoss brothers said that this week’s chaotic trading are only “growing pains” like those seen by other young technologies, and not enough to scare them away. “It has been four years and it has yet to be discredited as a viable alternative to fiat currency,” said Tyler Winklevoss. “We could be totally wrong, but we are curious to see this play out a lot more.” " I referring to the video in the article on the NYT Ahh. Sorry, I understand now. I had scripts blocked and didn't even notice a video was there. I was just referring to the text article. Title: Re: NY Times: Winklevoss twins own 1% of all Bitcoins Post by: beckspace on April 11, 2013, 11:04:11 PM Zuckerberg buys 100k bitcoins, problem solved!
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