There are many reasons to doubt the monetary value of Bitcoin, the virtual currency whose exchange rate has been gyrating wildly this month, but no one can deny its comedy value.
“Bitcoin has worth just because a bunch of people on the internet have agreed it is worth something – like Psy,” joked Stephen Colbert recently, comparing Bitcoin to the South Korean entertainer whose music video “Gangnam Style” went viral last year.

Well, offering them for sale is one way to establish a local trading network.  Knowing who will buy and/or sell bitcoins locally is often something that opens doors in the future. There currently aren't any sellers listed.
 - https://localbitcoins.com/country/zw

Those three figures mostly overlap.

Unión Editorial os invita el viernes a la presentación de BITCOIN. LA MONEDA DEL FUTURO, primera obra en español sobre la revolucionaria divisa electrónica que está cambiando nuestra forma de entender el dinero.

El evento, que tendrá lugar el viernes 10 de mayo a las 18 h. en el Centro Riojano de Madrid (c/ Serrano, 25, 1º)

Los asistentes podrán disfrutar de un aperitivo al finalizar el encuentro.

Creo que por ahi podrias explicar un poco mas sobre el asunto ya que si es para los nuevos, no les explicas bien que es lo que es bitcoin y por que usar bitcoin y dinero real.

Si alguien me puede echar un cable para empezar con esto de ripple se lo agradezco : rMmoqeVPgs5nLY9mWh23EgYqM4L3DpFsgf

On the evening of April 21st, from 11:50 PM Tokyo time,
Mt. Gox was hit by a strong DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack that caused the
site and trading engine to be unavailable for approximately four hours. The source of the
attack is under investigation, and we are working with appropriate authorities to identify
those responsible. However, the reality is that our primary goal is to stop the attacks and
stabilize the exchange.

How we are being attacked:
What we are experiencing lately are “Layer 7” DDoS attacks. Unlike your average DDoS
(which overloads the servers with traffic to the site as a whole) these are much more
creative and harder to detect in that they target specific elements of the site and make it
difficult to distinguish malicious traffic from normal traffic. The attackers’ goal is to shut
down the exchange, either through the DDoS itself, or by forcing Mt. Gox to take measures
that have the same effect. Attached to this document (See FAQ below) are some details
from Prolexic regarding the recent attack.

Here's the thing, there is no vote.  Mining doesn't matter.

Any block that exceeds the generation curve in the software is rejected.  Doesn't matter if 99.9% of the world population want it, the blocks are still not valid.  Doesn't matter if 99.9% of the hashing power on the planet wants it, the blocks are still not valid.

There may be a new thing, a thing that is not-bitcoin, and people may use it.  But bitcoin blocks will continue to follow the original generation rate, forever.

Whats your point?

Let me first state that I have nothing but respect and admiration for the Ripple team, especially Arthur, Jed, Stefan, and JoelKatz.

However, here's how I see it in comparison to Bitcoin. My issues can be broken into three parts:

1: Functionality and Purpose
Ripple is promoted as a "way to send any currency to anyone." Yet it is not this. It is simply a way to send IOU's of fiat currency to anyone, and this is a very different proposition.

Bitcoin, on the other hand, is a way to transact actual assets - or more specifically, one asset called Bitcoin. It moves beyond fiat currency entirely, and because it moves the actual asset anywhere instantly, there is no need for IOU's.

Ripple may be a great way to trade in normal fiat currencies, but I don't really care to do that anymore, now that Bitcoin exists. Yes, it's true that Ripple has XRP which is a cryptocurrency with many similar features to Bitcoin, but it offers no advantage over Bitcoin, and thus why do I care to use it? I might as well use LiteCoin  

2: Security

Ripple supporters will say that XRP is superior because it doesn't require mining, but this is a seriously contentious issue - let's remember that the Bitcoin mining process is not arbitrary. It introduces a specific type of security based on proof of work. While Ripple removes the proof of work concept, it may not require burning CPU cycles, but it is thus not protected by any proof of work system. Maybe proof of work isn't necessary, but Ripple will need to prove that over time, whereas Bitcoin's system has proven amazingly resilient over four years in the wild, with every hacker in the universe trying to exploit it.

3: Centralization

Ripple is far more centralized than Bitcoin. I worry if it took off, it'd suffer the same fate as eGold. It's very unclear what power OpenCoin (the company behind Ripple) actually holds over the system. Today, OpenCoin holds basically all power. They claim that in the future OpenCoin will "release" this power out into the wild and the company will no longer be centrally important. I am extremely skeptical of this. I'm also extremely skeptical that OpenCoin can't/won't create more XRP's, and it bothers me that it's structured in a way to dish out the existing XRP's from a central postion (I see uncomfortable similarities with how central banks operate, though I'm not ideologically opposed to Ripple since it's voluntary).

Further, I think the following is a fair statement: Any company that enables private (non ID verified) person-to-person transactions will be taken down by the US government, period. I believe it is far more likely that OpenCoin/Ripple will be forced to submit to the regulatory apparatus, and will at some point (though its advocates will deny this) require ID verification and all the AML/KYC compliance that a company like Paypal faces. If they do this, the system is pointless. If they don't comply, they will have to close and Ripple will be on its own. I am unsure what kind of community is there to support and build Ripple in the future if the OpenCoin company shut down, as its early-phase development has been structured like a startup (with the founders earning salary and getting paid in "stock" ie - XRP's).


Now, none of my contentions mean Ripple will fail, but I am simply skeptical of its future. Frankly, Ripple may have been exciting before Bitcoin happened... but then Bitcoin happened.

Como se abre una cuenta en Ripple? Lo he intentado pero solo puedo dejar mi mail

Update: EZTV (and ezRSS) has also added Bitcoin donations. A trend is emerging.

Update: Standalone trackers OpenBittorrent, PublicBitTorrent and istole have added a Bitcoin address as well. Torrent storage caches Zoink and Torrage have joined in as well.

TPB is website number 74 in traffic. In the whole internetz! I think this one make one of those "top" lists.

Alexa is currently down, but:
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/thepiratebay.se