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Title: 2013-01-30 Making Money off Virtual Money: Say Hello to Bitcoin
Post by: payb.tc on February 01, 2013, 11:38:50 AM
http://www.forexbrokerz.com/news/making-money-off-virtual-money-say-hello-to-bitcoin

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As it turns out, Forex traders are a creative bunch and don't like being limited to trading the currency pairs available at the moment. Some time ago, a developer named Satoshi Nakamoto decided to create a decentralized, completely digital currency. As a result of his hard work, now there is a significant group of traders that have been successfully trading this currency right under our noses for the past few years. The currency and open source software used for trading are both called Bitcoin.

it's interesting seeing rates written from a Forex trader's perspective:

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Initially, the Bitcoin was priced at 1,309.03 BTC per dollar, and now, four years later, the price is about 0.070771408 BTC per dollar


Title: Re: 2013-01-30 Making Money off Virtual Money: Say Hello to Bitcoin
Post by: Akka on February 01, 2013, 11:48:09 AM
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Initially, the Bitcoin was priced at 1,309.03 BTC per dollar, and now, four years later, the price is about 0.070771408 BTC per dollar

Well, that's the news. Be prepared for a load of suckers buying in.  ;D

(Joking,... or not?)


Title: Re: 2013-01-30 Making Money off Virtual Money: Say Hello to Bitcoin
Post by: payb.tc on February 01, 2013, 11:52:37 AM
this line really shows the author's mindset:

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I feel more secure knowing the money in my wallet is authorized by the government



Title: Re: 2013-01-30 Making Money off Virtual Money: Say Hello to Bitcoin
Post by: Gabi on February 01, 2013, 12:49:38 PM
Yeah, ridicolous. Fail article  ::) "authorized" lol.


Title: Re: 2013-01-30 Making Money off Virtual Money: Say Hello to Bitcoin
Post by: marcus_of_augustus on February 01, 2013, 11:33:51 PM
this line really shows the author's mindset:

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I feel more secure knowing the money in my wallet is authorized by the government


Wonder if she feels the need to be authorized by .gov to do other perfectly natural things? ... like eating?, sleeping?, taking a piss?

Some people are such mind-slaves that they will never see the mind-chains that bind them.