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Title: [2014-08-03] Bitcoin Rush Compared to California Gold Rush in 19th Century Post by: cescan on August 03, 2014, 06:12:33 AM http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/bitcoin-rush-compared-california-gold-rush-19th-century-1459317
The recent rush for mining popular digital currency bitcoin bears some striking similarities to the California gold rush in the mid 19th century, according to infographic design agency NeoMam Studios. In January 1848, John Marshall found gold in the American River at Shutter's Mill, leading to a rush among San Francisco residents to pan gold. |