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1  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bidhere.com - 1 BTC Auction on: January 15, 2014, 02:30:38 AM
Scam site
2  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Name something you've actually BOUGHT with bitcoin on: January 14, 2014, 03:57:51 AM
I haven't purchased anything because it's next to impossible to mine coins and even harder yo simply buy bit coins. Kind of disappointed at thus point as I only have about .0002 BTC after several months  Sad
3  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: How to get your non-tech-savvy friends/relatives into Bitcoin on: January 14, 2014, 12:48:55 AM
Here's what I do:

If he/she hasn't heard about Bitcoin or its recent price spike, I send them the 1-year daily price candlestick chart. I often get back the question "how do I buy bitcoins?"

Then I suggest setting up an account at an exchange and offer to send him/her 1 BTC to play with. For many people this is incentive enough to get into Bitcoin.

(Yes, for free, why not? If you're an early adopter, think of 1 BTC being worth what you bought it for, say $20, rather than its current price. You can of course offer 0.5 or any other number that you think will incentivise your friend/relative.)

You can probably classify most of your friends/relatives as "non-tech-savvy", but you can further divide that category into "some computer understanding" and "clueless", because obviously there's a lower limit of knowledge required to use Bitcoin. The person must be able to operate a computer to some extent. So how to know if your friend/relative is tech-savvy enough? One way I use is to ask them if they know the website address for Facebook. If a person doesn't know that "facebook.com" is the website address for Facebook, I just move on to the next person. Thanks to the dumbing-down efforts of Microsoft et al, it seems like over 50% of Facebook users just type "facebook" into the browser address bar or search bar, not understanding or even knowing about the concept of a website address/URL.


I just recently got into bit coins but have little to no understanding of how they work. I've heard about mining coins but that is foreign to me as well. I will be reading the newbie section and trying to learn as much as possible.
4  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: The most compelling Bitcoin presentation I've ever seen: Andreas M. Antonopoulos on: January 14, 2014, 12:24:58 AM
Very good presentation.
5  Economy / Micro Earnings / Re: FREE BITCOIN Sites *and* Free Newbie Lotto on: November 12, 2013, 12:01:01 AM
Count me in please

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