Does it have something to do with the price stability around 5$ what he's doing? 

yup, businesses can, consumers can't. that's just to artificially boost the network effect a little i guess.

i know, but on second thought... one hand washes the other 

I live close to the Chiemgauer region, afaik they don't allow changing Chiemgauers back to EUR, at least not officially (black market maybe, but we Germans are nice and follow the rules  ).

An Introduction to Objectivist-C 
 
Let me introduce you to the best language you’ve never heard of: Objectivist-C. 
 
Although academic computer scientists have generally dismissed Objectivist-C, it has a zealous following among self-taught programmers and college sophomores. 
 
[...] 
 
In Objectivist-C, software engineers have eliminated the need for object-oriented principles like Dependency Inversion, Acyclic Dependencies, and Stable Dependencies. Instead, they strictly adhere to one simple principle: No Dependencies. 
 
In Objectivist-C, there are not only properties, but also property rights. Consequently, all properties are @private; there is no @public property. 
 
In Objectivist-C, each program is free to acquire as many resources as it can, without interference from the operating system. 
 
In Objectivist-C, there are no exceptions. 
 
[...] 
 
---from http://fdiv.net/2012/04/01/objectivist-c 

The dramatic fall of Goldcoin: No end in sight

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Proponents of the noble metal claim that there is no fault with the metal itself. In principle, they're right, each of these robberies seem to have been simple theft operations.

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While GoldCoin proponents fight hard against any critique of the economic viability of the metal, some more serious technological challenges are slowly emerging that may not bode well for GoldCoin's long-term survival.

Recently, an article was published in a newspaper, showing a 'tungsten adulteration' attack that could be achieved using GoldCoin.

Be careful when you fight the monsters, lest you become one.
---Friedrich Nietzsche

I tend to agree with Bernard Lietaer's work who proposes dual currency systems.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/84816011/Bernard-Lietaer-The-Monetary-Blind-Spot-Yin-and-Yang-Money
http://www.scribd.com/doc/26248658/Is-Our-Monetary-Structure-a-Systemic-Cause-for-Financial-Instability-Bernard-Lietaer

Bitcoin may be a too efficient money for a regional system. But there can be exchanges of course. I'd say Bitcoin is a "patriarchical" currency (controlled by an authority, but it's computer code) and the best one we've ever had at that, because it's open and transparent.

like TZM/TVP? 

najo auf einer implementierungs-roadmap isses nich gerade, aber lebendig diskutiert wird's meinem eindruck nach schon, vor allem ja auch wegen diesem tragedy-of-the-commons-problem in der endzeit des minings, das du ja auch immer auf dem schirm hattest soweit ich mich erinnere

he first must deposit Euros, thus he first must click "Add funds" in the "Euro" section, not in the "Bitcoin" section, that was his misunderstanding it seems.

There he will find the bank details, and the reference code which he will have to put into the comment field of his bank's credit transfer form.

nö, authentisch: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=81787.0

tja, simmer leider so weit, skalierungsproblem wurd ja schon desöfteren angesprochen, moore's law my ass

eine digitale währung muss sowas können.

mindesttransaktionsgebühren müssen halt wieder erhöht werden, so dass solche anbieter angereizt werden, mehr zu puffern.

und bis sowas wie proof of stake und transaction pruning implementiert ist, wirds wohl noch dauern

 

nice, did it also run through one of these funding campaigns? sorry if i missed it, couldn't contribute. 

i predict that those who need to compare themselves with any neighbors never will feel bliss.

The singularity has already long happened. [vid]

o rly https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=80126.0 

apart from the usual misconceptions, it turns out that these girls are dependent on the major "providers" of "infrastructure" for the fame and traffic they need. They quite laughed at one of those bitcam site someone made. The established larger cam sites are who's needed to start accepting Bitcoin, but I've always been suspecting that such services are deeply rooted in the establishment.

maybe that too? https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=80322.0