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Fiat is dirty with Ebola, use Bitcoin!

Isn't the correct word, "effect" in the context it's being used? Though if it was written as "How does Ebola affect Bitcoin" then it would be correct.

I don't think it will have any potential positive impact on bitcoin.

The only way I see it potentially affecting it is indirectly by people being scarred to catch Ebola so they stay at home and do not go out shopping which would cause an economic downturn which would cause less bitcoin related transactions to take place

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We can start a "Seans Outpost" like charity for Ebola victims-fueled by Bitcoin~

if ebola does expand beyond US hospitals. then no one will want to touch other peoples bank notes, nor would people want to touch the buttons of keypads at cashier desks/ATM's

so bitcoin does have an advantage because you can scan QR codes at a distance without touching another person or item that 200 people a day may touch

Too bad Satoshi bailed-out on us (thanks Gavin). I'd love to hear his views on this subject. :P

Bitcoin......The Safe Currency!!!

I thought you knew - honeybadgers are immune to all things except chuck norris.

I don't think this would be necessary, at least not yet. Receiving payments/donations is one of a charities smallest expenses as banks generally will give some kind of a discount for credit card processing and banking services so they will not have the huge costs that most retail stores have in accept fiat based payments

This could really convince people to use BTC, especially if the Ebola scare keeps getting bigger. I'm hoping Ebola goes away and BTC finds other ways to spread.  :)

Guize, if i make an Ebolacoin, how many of you will buy in?

We can use the proceeds to fund ebola production, or something.

That's a good one! The only way ebola can be confined to hospitals is if the powers that be quit allowing nurses to travel in locked up tubes with hundreds of other passengers sharing the same sweaty toilet seats. The only saving grace would be if said nurses had aisle seats with the middle seats vacant, lacking the latter caveat decreases the odds of that occurring below 33%, dividing that percentage by the number of nurses that traveled said way, with one being one too many.

I specifically recall reading that the hospital in Dallas just went through some extensive ebola training prior to Eric Duncan's first visit, at which time he was sent home. Now, I'm reading that the very same hospital DIDN'T have any formal training to treat ebola patients.

What I'm witnessing is a clan of folks fucking up the coverup, all the while fucking up the actual spreading of ebola, not even able to get that right.

They know they're doing it. We know they're doing it. They know that we know that they're doing it. So, why don't they just accelerate the process and do it?

Ebola won't last long without human body, so fiat isn't a problem..

But you have to touch the products you want to buy.

And it may affect if the transactions between bitcoins and commodities really be closed to each other, in this way, the economic downturn can cause a downturn to bitcoin. 

I have a friend, who works in a lab, where tests are done daily, to detect ebola. He says the gear they wear and the decontamination process, they have to follow, is very costly and people are not ready for such a outbreak in any country, foor that matter.

Money handling, is the least of their worries. {When a infected person cough, it's air borne}

Yes, you might decrease the risk, if you used BTC to buy online, but you would have to decontaminate the goods you bought. Most of the products, you buy, will not kill this virus. {Dettol / Savalon etc.} Those are good for bacteria, not virusses.

One household product, does kill it, and that is "Bleach" {Very strong} so you might want to wash your fiat with that. ;D

Ebola was a human misfortunes ,It have  no relationship with Bitcoin.

I don't think Bitcoin will become infected by ebola.

Oh rly?

That's an interest topic. Maybe bitcoin will infect a lot of people just like Ebola did, but in a better way.

If I could send Ebola some Bitcoins and make it stop! :-\

Anyone from the States need Ebola Proof Hazmat suits? Can do next day delivery.

I thought this was a jokey post but then I saw your sig, that is crazy!

lol why would be crazy? What will you do with the rest of your BTC, when you will get infected? Is worth 1 btc, not only 0.25.

Potentially if government becomes desperate due to uncontrolled outbreak and simply print fiat, btc might become useful.
Or btc becomes a medium of exchange whereby there is no risk of catching infection as what bodily fluids get passes on to paper money

In some countries these suits are not even available anymore, there is a very high demand for them.

People want to have them just in case...

with less people there wil be to much already existing money, so will be no printing at all.

I would like to see that, but he changed his sig.

I just noticed that all Bitcoin addresses that start with a 1 have been affected by Ebola. If yours starts with a 1, send your bitcoins to me and I will quarantine them for you.

If he meant effect, then the best thing that can occur is a campaign so receive donations in BTC to help stop the spread of the Ebola.
Even if this happen, I would not be confident that it would rise the price.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:jIJ0lQiogKAJ:https://bitcointalk.org/index.php%3Faction%3Dprofile%3Bu%3D344645+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

lol

on a serious note tho, it is memorable when the technology of Bitcoin actually serves a good purpose and can provide resources without the shitty bureocracy:

http://www.coindesk.com/sierra-leone-group-continues-bitcoin-drive-fight-ebola/

Hope the product is not touched by many people many times.

You  guys do realise that the Ebola virus can't survive very long outside of the human body ,right?The chances of  someone getting infected through bank notes is next to nil.

You actually have this backwards. all Bitcoin addresses that have been affected by Ebola start with a 1 (although it is actually more likely for a multisig address to be affected then a "traditional" address as they are, in theory controlled by more then one person). Not all Bitcoin addresses have been affected by Ebola.

Also it is not possible to "quarantine" bitcoin as it is fungible.

t's just that when it infects a lot of people already bitcoin, then they don't need doctors but needed a miner,
salesman and bitcoin ebola will not stop but at least it can reduce

Yeah "affect" is a verb whereas "effect" is a noun.  Since you're just making a statement, you'd want to use the noun form

No this would be a bad marketing scheme  ;D

Ebola seems to be negatively affecting the US stock market; I guess that is good for bitcoin.  ;D

U.S. stock futures tumble on reports of Ebola case in NY
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/24/us-markets-global-idUSKCN0ID01G20141024

If everyone in the banks dies, people have to use bitcoin :D

"bitcoin user not affected"?

o wait

Yes, because, you know, greenbacks kill filoviri on contact.

I heard Ebola has something to do with zombies. Is that true? That sounds creepy.

LOL.
That won't happen. I mean, all the people in bank died.
All people in the world use btc will be possible.

Well you can't really get infected with Ebola from handling money . so yeah.



Wishing bankers dies of Ebola so your favourite crypto be more popular ??? And somebody actually thinks bitcoiners are actually better people than the current 5 % ::)


Ebola would be a lot , lot easier to contain if it did involves zombies ;D.As far as being threats and pathogen spreaders goes, zombies are pathetically weak.

Yes this is best chance bitcoin have.

you can donate using Bitcoins to a trustful organization:

https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/help-ngo-doctors-without-borders-fight-ebola-using-bitcoin/

Not so exaggerated.Ebola was not  so scary.

Yeah, the OP  was spreading FUD, or s/he 's ridiculously ignorant on Ebola and too lazy to google about it.

How ebola could affect the bitcoin ???

*effect. Check your grammar first dude.

aha, damn right!

Ebola turn into zombie virus? Now we need to buy food and bullet before the price went sky rocket...

Ebola already affected whole world, directly or indirectly.
So, we, as bitcoin users, are also part of the world, so all this situation about Ebola have influence on us, but only as private persons, not as bitcoin users.
Bitcoin and Ebola are not connected.

How does Ebola have any  affect on Bitcoin, I guess it creates an externality on future income by generating deaths and its possible some of those users would have bought Bitcoin someday being a future lost cost.
Not really any immediate impact though.