I think because with these exchanges you can easily convert your altcoin to bitcoin and viceversa. The real purpose of an exchange is not to "keep" your coin for a long time (also 1-2 days are long "time") but it is to exchange your coin and after withdraw it.

An exchange is not a bank, I hope now a lot of users will start to think about this fact.

will xmr ever hit 1 dollar per coin?

Pros - you have ability to pay pretty much everywhere with the funds not tied to your current bank account. Can be a lifesaver if something goes wrong with your bank account. Also your bank doesn't see your every purchase.

Cons - Fees. Trust, you have to deposit your bitcoins with the 3rd party.

UniCash will be the only cryptocurrency with an official peg of $3.50 per coin
Of course, like all cryptocurrencies, UniCash will be traded on exchanges. Luckily, all UniCash will be parked between $3.40 an $4.10 so even the daytraders can take advantage of UniCash. We are working with Nubits to deliver such a product.

You may want to try Monero Client .NET with a remote daemon

Guide: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=683365.msg10418211#msg10418211

Welp, I'm using a test branch of whats known as the database build, which is technically still under development but has been running stable for me (and a bunch of other testers) for almost a month or so now.

I would suggest that if you wanted to run it, then there are ways to do it, but then I saw that you're in windows..... compiling in windows has not been easy for me (I didn't know how to do ANY of this in october when I discovered monero, so some things I still can't figure out).

Someone did manage to compile it in windows - I don't know if they posted it.

At this point, if you're stuck with using windows, I would highly suggest you investigate Ubuntu (rather than try and compile in windows). I used to think Linux was this big scary beast of a thing, what with the terminal, but now I prefer booting into Ubuntu. The Ubuntu release of linux is essentially like windows - fairly intuitive GUI. You can play with the terminal if you want to (say, if you're using monero!), but for other purposes you can use GUI.

I'm debating offering a service where I make Live USB drives for people with monero database build daemons installed on them. Lemme know if you're interested... i'm sure I can source a cheap 6 gig stick and put ubuntu and bitmonerod on it.

Alternatively, I just highly suggest you install ubuntu as a secondary operating system. That way, you can choose to boot into it on your PC - this, in a way, makes your cryptocurrency more secure. While your doing whatever it is you need to do in windows, do you really need access to your savings account?

Also, I recommend using www.mymonero.com as your checking account (easy access, easy to transfer monero). If you want your own private store, then go the ubuntu route.  

The alternative is to just wait until the GUI release.

except that I'm running bitmonerod with 98 megs of RAM



I don't think anyone mentioned we should fight with Darkcoin. I just think we end up explaining the differences betwixt the coins.

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Greece's government could leave the €, but the Greeks will not abandon their €.
In fact, many of the just moved their € from Greece's banks to germany's banks, to avoid any risk of bank's holidays and forced conversion to new drachmas.

If the Government just default on the debt or leave the €, it will need to pay every imports, good and service in € or $ or gold. In full and upfront.
The worst thing can happen to a government is just being forced to pay upfront and in cash for its spending and with someone else money.
They would be forced to tax as much as they like to spend. And, usually, this lead to peasants with pitchforks showing under the walls of the governments offices.
They would be forced to balance their budget.  Ohhh the horror!!!! The HORROR!!!!

The default on the debt would cause an increase on the government debts of other countries. This is because they can not afford Greece to default, because this would cause a chain reaction of insolvency.
Italy, my country, is just on the brink of the default. 600+€ per capita added to the government debt will not help a lot. It would push the debt/gdp ratio near 140% in a moment.
Other smaller countries would be in similar situations. Their debt/GDP could be better, but their economy could not endure the increase of interest rate or just be unable to pay more.
Even Germany, their bank sector is vulnerable to defaults, because their banks are overextended (often a lot more than Italy's).

The QE is needed to backstop all of this injecting enough liquidity to prevent the other countries and their banks from popping like Christmas lights after the Greek government default.

What will happen is a large increase of currency controls. And this will benefit Bitcoin adoption.

Wow, looks like Bitcoin appointed a new CEO recently

I don't have a moral objection to people "investing" in bitcoins, but it is not beneficial to Bitcoin. Ultimately, using (or destroying) bitcoins is the only action that increases their value.

Bitcoins only have measurable value when they are used. Bitcoins that are held have potential value, but no actual value. People that hold bitcoins rely on the people that use bitcoins to give their bitcoins value. If everyone held their bitcoins and never used them, then bitcoins would be worthless because they have no use.

People that say "I will never spend my bitcoins!" are lying. If they really intended to never spend their bitcoins, they would destroy them. People "investing" in bitcoins cause the price to rise only temporarily. The fall in the price of bitcoin has been a result of people that bought bitcoins as an investment now cashing in their investment. The price of bitcoin will continue to fall until the level of usage rises to support it, or until another bubble forms.

If you want to invest in bitcoins and also contribute to the increase in their value, then I suggest you do the following: