I don't see this as a negative thing at all. Quite the opposite, it's a very positive development. A lot of the most popular open source projects have or had at some point the backing of one or more companies. Firefox, Chromium, WebKit, Linux, Wine, VirtualBox, Blender, Open Office, etc. Open source is great but the bad thing about it is that somehow people completely lost respect for the job of "software developer". It seems like they don't feel software developers are entitled to receive money for working which is absurd. Gavin now having a commercial interest in Bitcoin means he is much less likely to stop developing Bitcoin at some point due to a loss of interest and it also means he can spend more time on it. And it's in TruCoin's best interest to help Bitcoin succeed. There is of course a risk but the way Bitcoin works makes this risk rather minimal. If some or all of the developers of the Bitcoin client at some point decide to do something that the majority (51%) of the community doesn't like, people will just use a fork or a different client and the current developers would loose control over Bitcoin which solves the problem.
+1 I can't see the negative side at all. You can work at Ford and drive a Mercedes and appreciate the value of both. Put TruCoin in your sig line. ++1 More the merrier in the ecosystem. I just checked out Bitcoin deals advertisement... over a million products including digicam? wow, I can't wait. |
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Heh, converting the money and energy of your parent's food, support, and basement into internet diarrhea since 19-whatever, eh?
The irony is, regardless of what that guy did, his actions resulted in a HUGE boost to discussing and collaborating on better Point-of-Sale systems. So, thanks SA for getting us focused on a much needed topic, even if it was obviously your original intention.
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He's the same guy who was down and out and everyone offered him sympathy...
wtf.
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This is awesome. A 17-year old in Singapore invents and implements a bitcoin bucket shop. I'm truly impressed. Imagine the financial fraud he'll invent and implement when he has at least 10 or 20 years of experience.
Ladies and Gentlemen!
We now have a new Jesse Lauriston Livermore and he lives in Singapore.
LOL, how good are you in reading tapes? |
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Bit coin should be treated as a very speculative investment class. It saddens me to hear that you have thrown most of what you got. Take care, my friend. May you have a good break and rejuvenate your soul. Life is wonderful because you still got family and that you are still ALIVE. Set small goals and live your life one moment at a time.
Much love,
J
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FRN is Federal Reserve Notes, i.e. USD
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why are you selling them? Not tasty enough?
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This is a great news for the community in general. Looks like Mt Gox is slowly winning hearts and minds.
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Really cool! Thinking about getting a pepper spray for my girlfriend.
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Laughing my ass off! I don't want no scrubs, gimme wabbits any day.
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Good news. I hope Bruce got his back as well. I hope you are in good spirits, Bruce.
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How much is shipping to Canada?
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Lulz! Bitcoins are founded by absolutely nothing? If this is the sole argument to justify Bitcoin is dead then, I would invite the author to think twice.
Founded by absolutely nothing is heck a lot better than founded by debt upon inception.
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There's plenty of people who have bought mining contracts. It's because you get newly minted coins, that's valuable to some people.
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Thank you for your leadership, Mr. Tiggr.
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