Silk Road Crossing: Shopping On The Internet's Massive Marketplace For Illegal DrugsSurprisingly neutral article about Silk Road, single chapter about Bitcoin: ...I should try filling my wallet with Bitcoins anyway.
This turns out to be a mistake.
Bitcoins, despite being a currency built on the Internet, are nearly impossible to obtain in a timely fashion. Due to fear of chargeback fraud, most reputable Bitcoin sites won't take PayPal or credit cards, which leaves the option of bank wiring or a deposit system such as Moneygram. I decide to use Moneygram and compound my mistake. I deposit $20, am charged an additional $7 in conversion fees, and end up with $18.57 worth of Bitcoins, according to the online "wallet" where I'm storing the currency (I don't know where the extra $1.43 went). For a system that claims it should eliminate the middleman and hidden fees, Bitcoin...doesn't.
By the time I get my Bitcoin, the Calvin & Hobbes anthology is gone. I probe the Silk Road forums for other non-illegal purchases I can make with Bitcoin and find a Baklava shop and a Mexican restaurant.... Full Article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/betsy-isaacson/silk-road-illegal-drugs-online_b_2340477.html
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About this time last year I wrote an instablog about the best performing currency of the year 2011. There was one currency, which gained 1400% against the USD last year - and this same currency is again - by far - the best performing currency this year gaining another roughly 220% against the FEDs USD . .
That is a two-year yield of 4400% vs. USD (from 0.3 USD/BTC to 13.4 USD/BTC). In gold terms, bitcoin is also doing well. But why does bitcoin keep going up?
1) Bitcoin has in November reached block 210.000.
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2) The "bitcoin economy" finally started to gain serious traction 2012.
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3) Attention from big players.
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4) The bitcoin business space has also started to attract venture capital in 2012.
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5) Many, many more developments in 2012. Partial list:
Bitcoin magazine started shipping;
Launch of The Bitcoin Foundation;
Blockchain.info launched an excellent hybrid ewallet service;
The Bitcoin conference in London was a success;
The birth of provably fair gambling and Satoshidice, Bitzino and others;
bitcoin-2-email service Coinapult;
in-game item exchange is rising;
Explosive growth in the bitcoin reddit forum; ...
Full article: http://seekingalpha.com/instablog/530678-minorman/1409731-best-currency-in-2012 |
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The top six business of technology stories of 2012 (Why six? Why not!) #5: Bitcoin goes mainstream
If 2011 was the year that Bitcoin first appeared on many people's radars (including Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)), then 2012 was the year that the cryptocurrency began to, slowly, but surely, move into the mainstream. Ok, your non-techy friends aren't going to be ditching their greenbacks anytime soon—but there were some signs that the digital cash may be strengthening and headed towards more ease-of-use.
First, the currency's exchange rate is on the rise. In April 2012, a Bitcoin was worth just $4.50. By July it had nearly doubled. Today, one Bitcoin is worth about $13.50. That's a massive increase by any measure. Second, in August, a company announced that it would be creating Bitcoin-based debit cards for all to use. Then, the Bitcoin Foundation threw open its doors hoping to spread the currency's gospel far and wide. WordPress started accepting Bitcoins, too.
Finally, perhaps the most exciting development is that Bitcoin Central, which operates in France, has been authorized by local authorities to operate as a bank under French law. As we reported in December, "The accounts will also be integrated with the French banking system, so users can have their paychecks automatically deposited into their accounts and converted to bitcoins."
Still, Bitcoin isn't perfect and definitely has some hurdles to overcome. In March, the lack of "chargebacks" prompted a lawsuit between two Bitcoin-related companies. In September, a Bitcoin company sustained a theft worth $250,000. And worse still, an August 2012 academic study on Bitcoin found that it had helped fuel $2 million per month in illegal drug sales online. So don't liquidate your Uncle Sam-backed bucks just yet. Source: http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/12/the-top-6-business-of-technology-stories-of-2012-why-6-why-not/ |
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The 2012 winner for the best performing currency against the US dollar (I now, blog not news) The table below shows the world's top performing currencies against the dollar. Poland, which was somewhat shielded from the Eurozone by its ties with the big neighbor to the east has been the best performer among the mainstream currencies. In fact Poland, together with other EU nations who stayed out of the euro area - such as as Norway, Sweden, and the UK - have seen their currencies appreciate. There is one currency however that has outperformed all of these by a long shot, but you won't find it on the list. The currency is called Bitcoin (ticker symbol BTC) and it more than tripled this year. It's not issued by a country, nor is it a precious metal or a rare-earth. Bitcoin is an electronic currency that can be exchanged for some goods and services, particularly online. The currency is not controlled by a central bank. Instead it is maintained by a global registrar and managed via a private network of participants who get paid to "rent" their computing power to the network. The "rented" machines are used to maintain the integrity of Bitcoin transactions and act as a virtual decentralized registrar..... .... ....So why has the currency tripled this year? A number of rumors have been circulating in the online forums trying to explain the rally. Unfortunately one explanation that stands out is the increased demand for illicit drugs online. Quite sad actually. Nevertheless Bitcoin is the 2012 winner for the best performing currency against the dollar. Source: http://soberlook.com/2012/12/the-2012-winner-for-best-performing.htmlEdit: And again already there. Sorry I looked for soberlook.com in the subject and didn't see it. |
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Trendspotter: Digital currency makes for immaterial world Article starts promising, than gets to the standard Bulls*** (I hoped we where past this) and at last out of nowhere: Square. Screw this! What is money? On first glance (and to non-economists) the question can seem simple. It's the stuff in our wallets: we use it to pay for the things we buy. But think harder and the issue quickly becomes head-spinningly complex. Why do we freely exchange our possessions, our homes, our time for small pieces of paper or metal? How did we come to the agreement that money is valuable? And is that all that money is, in the end: a social agreement?
Recently, money has endured pretty bad press. The 2008 financial crisis may be too complicated for even economists to understand but most people think that a corrupt financial elite had a lot to do with it. Banks lusted after money and governments failed to regulate the supply of money: together they almost vaporised the global economy - and we, the ordinary citizens, must pay for the clean-up.
Now, a diverse bunch of cyber-utopians, coders and economists are seeking a new way of doing things. What about a currency that isn't backed and controlled by a government and central bank but is instead controlled by all of us? And that doesn't exist in messy, resource-consuming, inconvenient physical form, but is digital? Welcome to the virtual currency age.
The leading example of a virtual currency, Bitcoin (bitcoin.org), took a step closer recently to legitimacy by becoming a registered payment services provider under European law. Bitcoin-Central will now be able to send and receive transfers to and from other banks and issue debit cards to users. It's an amazing step forward for a project begun by the inscrutable Japanese coder Satoshi Nakamoto (not his real name) who, in 2008, published a paper on how a system of cryptography could give rise to a new online currency. The Bitcoin network came into existence in 2009.
Today, there are around 10.5 million Bitcoins in circulation and one Bitcoin is worth around £8.50 (Dh50). More than 1,000 merchants worldwide already accept them and the European registration is expected to help that number grow.
There is clear appeal in a new currency controlled by peer-to-peer networks of users. New Bitcoins are issued according to rules agreed to by the community and no central authority can change the money supply, requisition funds or set interest rates.
At its heart, Bitcoin is a reflection of the Californian, cyber-utopian dream of a borderless, decentralised, ground-up world in which ordinary people have been empowered by connectivity to take control of their own lives. But when it comes to utopia, there are always people with other plans. In June 2011, the largest Bitcoin online exchange was hacked and 400,000 Bitcoins - worth around US$9 million (Dh33m) - were stolen. The thief then flooded the market with stolen Bitcoins, causing the value of a single Bitcoin to fall to $0.01.
So will we all find ourselves earning and spending in Bitcoins soon? That sounds a bit premature. But in the meantime, there are plenty of other players helping forge the future of money and disrupt the staid banking industry. If you're hankering after a cashless existence, the smartphone payment system Square (squareup.com) - which lets you make or take payments with just a touch of your iPhone - may currently be your best bet.
Source: http://www.thenational.ae/featured-content/channel-page/lifestyle/middle-teaser/trendspotter-digital-currency-makes-for-immaterial-world |
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We’ve published our list of the 15 people most responsible for turning this world haywire. But 15 dangerous folks weren’t nearly enough, you told us in your comments, your tweets and your Facebook mentions. So here’s a second helping of dangerousness, all thanks to you. Satoshi Nakamoto. The pseudonymous creator of the Bitcoin digital cryptocurrency has seemingly disappeared into the shadows, but his invention lives on with potential to disrupt the powers-that-be. What happens when crooks can move money effortlessly online, without ever being traced? We might soon find out. Source: http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/12/more-dangerous/ |
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Only indirectly related to Bitcoin: SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - Dec 20, 2012) - FundersClub ( www.fundersclub.com), the world's first online venture capital platform, today announced that it has completed a number of investments -- bringing the total invested by the less than 5-month-old, revolutionary investment platform to $1.3 million. Coinbase, a wallet for the digital, decentralized currency bitcoin; Sponsorfied, a marketplace for sponsorships; and Tracks.by, a company that creates marketing campaigns between brands and artists around the world; join social video advertising startup Virool and FundersClub itself as the first group of FundersClub-funded startups. All hail from the Y Combinator Summer 2012 batch. But as they mention a Bitcoin project as first in their press release (probably due to alphabetic sorting  ) maybe it's a good way to ask them to add Bitcoin as payment method (using BitPay or another Merchant Service) themselves? You can contact them here: contact@thefundersclub.com (don't forget to mention Coinbase) Source: http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/fundersclub-seeds-fellow-y-combinator-alum-1740011.htm |
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Single passage about Bitcoin: Even banking is undergoing an upheaval, despite the Fed’s and the Treasury’s attempts to monopolize the system. The new currency Bitcoin is growing and flourishing, despite every attempt to call it a fake and a fraud. New payment systems are popping up every day in the form of gift cards and instant charge cards that you can fill with cash. Digital applications are enabling new ways of lending and borrowing that completely bypass the official state system.
Full article: http://dailyreckoning.com/how-the-state-will-die/ |
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Dublin City Schools Representative Tracy Miller alerted police that he had received a similar email the morning of November 26. The email was traced by investigators and found to have been sent through Tormail.org. The Oregon-based company specifically provides private, untraceable email access, according to police. Another email received regarding the threat was through a Bitcoin account, which is also not traceable, or accessible. Mail trough Bitcoin accounts? Where do I get one? Did I miss something? What is this? ... Help! Full article: http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2012/dec/11/dublin-pd-all-leads-exhausted-bomb-threat-investig-ar-1272306/ |
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Anonymous. Digital. Unadulterated by politics. Mathematically pure. Bitcoin isn’t just unique; it’s punk rock – the antithesis of all the other mothballed nonsense I’d seen at Money2020. Best comment ever. Basically an article about what could be seen on the Money2020 Conference. ...I re-caffeinate and meander back toward the front of the room. Just then, I spot something interesting: A small Bitcoin booth, somehow hidden in the center of the room, surrounded by a crew of three guys who are clearly decades younger than anyone else at Money2020.
A hacker friend of mine clued me into Bitcoin a few years back. And I’d seen the random blog post about it since then. But I still don’t fully grasp the concept. A black-haired guy, about my height, dressed in a slightly wrinkled, blue button-down shirt and khaki pants turns my way as I approach the Bitcoin kiosk. The badge around his neck tells me his name is Roger Ver
Bitcoin, Ver explains, is the only truly new idea in the financial industry, and “the most important invention since the Internet!” Whereas credit cards and digital wallets are simply advanced ways to spend cash, Bitcoin is an entirely separate, digital currency, controlled by no nation. All purchases are entirely anonymous, and heavily encrypted.
“It’s more stable than the U.S. dollar. And because each new Bitcoin is produced by a complex algorithm, it’s impossible to just make new Bitcoins anytime you want, like the Fed does with dollars,” Ver concludes. “That’s probably why no country will ever adopt it.”
Now this is something I could get excited about: A rogue currency that flies in the face of the entire world financial system. Anonymous. Digital. Unadulterated by politics. Mathematically pure. Bitcoin isn’t just unique; it’s punk rock – the antithesis of all the other mothballed nonsense I’d seen at Money2020....
...We are about to be bombarded with a staggering array of new payment choices, none of which need to exist, but that the Money2020 crew – from Google on down – are hell-bent on forcing upon us. There will be a hundred different wallets, a thousand pre-paid cards, a billion loyalty rewards programs, and a whole layer of other services offering condensed versions of everything, which claim to be easier to understand. They aren’t. It’s a mystifying mess, and there’s absolutely nothing new on the horizon, besides Bitcoin.
You know, the one used for drug purchases and child porn.
Full article: http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/the-future-of-money-its-not-in-your-hands/ |
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BLINK 04: Bitcoin
The main topic of our next issue will be the new digital currency Bitcoin. For the first time, this issue will also be published in English ( PDF only).
Das Schwerpunktthema der nächsten BLINK-Ausgabe: die neue digitale Währung Bitcoin. Wer jetzt Sponsor wird, erhält die nächste Ausgabe gedruckt per Post und alle bisherigen als PDFs. http://blink.li/Magazine of Aaron Koenig EX member of the federal board of the Pirate Party Germany Edit:Update, the Blink issue featuring Bitcoin is now available.  Topics: Sind Bitcoins das neue Gold?
Eine Einführung für Libertäre, «Österreicher» und andere Skeptiker von Erik Voorhees
--> Are Bitcoin the New Gold? A introduction for Libertarians, Austrians and other Sceptics from Erik Voorhees Marktgeld statt Monopoly
Torsten Polleit über die Privatisierung des Geldwesens-->Marked money instead of Monopoly money Torsten Polleit about the Privatisation of Money Käsemesser und Aufklärung
Joerg Platzer über die Vorteile von Bitcoin-->Cheese-knife and enlightenment Joerg Platzer about Bitcoin Benefits Der Bitcoin-Kiez
Ein Bitcoin-Bummel durch Berlin-Kreuzberg--> The Bitcoin-Kiez A Bitcoin-Stroll through Berlin-Kreuzberg Satoshis Geniestreich
Mike Hearn über die Anfänge und die Zukunft von Bitcoin-->Satoshis stroke of genius Mike Hearn about the beginning and the future of Bitcoin «Nur eine stabile Währung ist eine gute Währung»
Interview mit Bitcoins Chef-Entwickler Gavin Andresen-->«Only a Stable currency is a good currency» Interview with Gavin Andresen «And Zen Ve Vill Rule Ze Vorld!»
Aaron Koenig über einen sehr deutschen Bitcoin-Animationsfilm
-->«And Zen Ve Vill Rule Ze Vorld!» Aaron Koenig about the Bitcoin.de animation movie. BitPop aus Österreich
Interview mit Max Min («Alpaca Socks»)-->Bit Pop from Austria Interview with Max Min («Alpaca Socks») Unser Geldsystem und das «eine Prozent»
Dominic Frisby über die schädlichen Folgen des Scheingeldsystems
-->Our Monytary System and the "one Percent" Dominic Frisby about the consequences of Pretend Money Deflation – na und?
Rick Falkvinge findet fallende Preise unproblematisch--> Deflation - So what? Rick Falkvinge about falling Prices La Revolución Bitcoinista
Oscar Fonseca Gómes kennt Mittel gegen die Finanztyrannei in Argentinien
-->La Revolución Bitcoinista Oscar Fonseca Gómes knows Solutions agains the financial Tyrrany in Argentinia Frei wie ein Vogelschwarm
Juraj Bednar über die Vorzüge freier Märkte-->Free like a bird Juraj Bednar about the benefits of fee markets Keine Kompromisse!
Drei Thesen über den langfristigen Erfolg Bitcoins – von Frank Braun--> No Compromises! 3 Theses about the long term success of Bitcoin – from Frank Braun Love, Gold and Cryptocode
from David NakamotoI have bought the issue and will post when I finished reading! You can buy it for 0.23 BTC here (PDF): http://blink.li/aktuelle-ausgabe (German) http://blink.li/current-issue (English) |
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Dieses Angebot ist vorerst beendetBisher ausgeschüttet: 4.0 BTCDas deutsche Bitcoin Wiki muss dringend überarbeitet werden. Praktisch alle Seiten sind veraltet, es gibt keine Erklärung von alternative Clients, sowie Online Wallets. Auf der Startseite sollten z.B. auch Newbie freundlicher Clients als der Ref. Client angegeben werden. Screenshots sind uralt. Auf der Händlerseite fehlen sehr viele Shops, es sind Shops angegeben die überhaupt nicht mehr existieren. Es fehlen Artikel zu: Transaktionen Gebühren Anonymität Pooled Mining und (sehr) viele mehr. Die Liste, was hier getan werden müsste ist endlos!Zu eigentlichen Angebot: Ich werde ab jetzt jede Woche 1 BTC für Verbesserungen am Wiki ausschütten. Bewertung erfolgt einfach danach welche Verbesserung mir am besten gefallen. 0.5 BTC an denjenigen, der meiner Meinung nach die beste Verbesserung am Wiki vorgenommen hat 0.25 BTC an den 2. Und 3, Platz. Ausschüttung jeden Sonntag, das erste Mal (sofern es schon etwas gibt) am 09.12.2012. Wenn du teilnehmen willst, dann poste einfach einen Link zu der Seite die du erstellt / verbessert hast in diesem Thread, deinen bitcoin.it Nutzernamen und eine Bitcoin Adresse. Also, melde dich hier an und unterstütze Bitcoin: https://de.bitcoin.itDieses Angebot gilt nur für den deutschsprachigen Teil des Wikis Dieses Angebot bleibt solange gültig bis ich es widerrufe. Wenn sich noch ein paar Unterstützer hierfür finden, kann das Preisgeld entsprechend erhöht werden und fixe Bewertungskriterien festgelegt werden. Dies ist ein freiwilliges Angebot von mir. Ich behalte mir vor jeder Zeit Änderungen an den Bedingungen und an der Ausschüttungsmenge vorzunehmen. Ideen wie ich das fairer gestalten kann, ohne soviel im Wiki checken zu müssen, dass ich gleich alles selbst machen könnte, sind sehr willkommen.
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Not really Press about Bitcoin, but it's a press release after all. GigaTux Accepts Bitcoins on Its Hosting Platform GigaTux is proud to accept Bitcoins on for any of its hosting products, including VPS and web hosting packages. London, United Kingdom, December 05, 2012 --(PR.com)-- GigaTux understands that transacting with some countries can be difficult using the regular currency channels, and also that some people would like to retain some degree of anonyminity, so Bitcoin is now accepted directly with no additional charges. The daily Bitcoin exchange rate is used for all purchases based on the price for GigaTux services and payment is usually registered within one minute. Bitcoin is a decentralised digital currency and the most widely used alternate currency in the world. Bitcoins are not tied to any exchange rate and are exchanged between users on a peer-to-peer network which regulates Bitcoins' balances, transactions and issuance according to consensus in network software. Although not officially recognised by many organisations, Bitcoin is a fascinating experiement on global money transfer and GigaTux is proud to participate in this economy. Payments can be made for services running on GigaTux's Linux hosting servers in the UK (London), USA (San Jose and Chicago) and Germany (Frankfurt). All servers run on Xen with hard disks in a RAID-10 configuration and two Intel Xeon CPUs each. To sign up, visit http://www.gigatux.com/virtual.phpLink: http://www.pr.com/press-release/459154 |
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Hallo Community, um etwas Werbung für BTC zu machen habe ich mich mal eine halbe Stunde hingesetzt und einen Bitoin Flyer gebastelt. Der Flyer hat einen frühen Draft Status und wird noch komplett überarbeitet (Ich und Gimp werden niemals Freunde) werden aber so ungefähr stelle ich mir diesen vor: Es handelt sich hierbei um einen in 3 Teile Faltbaren Flyer Flyer ist nur Draft Version, damit das Prinzip anschaulicher wird, ich werde bis spät. 23.12. eine komplett überarbeitete Version posten. (Hatte in meiner ersten Urlaubswochen einen schweren Fall von Faulenzeritis . Neuer Versin mache ich im Verlauf der Nächsten Wochen (bin erst mal ein Paar Tage Weg und habe leider keinen Rechner).Außen:  Innen:  Meine generelle Idee war diesen Flyer einfach mal in jeden Geschäftsbriefkasten in meiner Stadt zu werfen und zu schauen wer sich meldet, aber warum nicht einen Marketing Event daraus machen? Also meine Idee: Wir organisieren uns in der deutschsprachigen Community und machen einen Bitcoin Marketing Tag: Hierzu könnten wir am gleichen Tag (am besten Sonntag oder Feiertag) • Den Flyer in möglichst vielen Städten verteilen und an passenden Orten auslegen • Poster aufhängen • Online Shops anschreiben • Extra Website aufsetzten • Usw. Da ich hoffe das ich gutes Feedback hierzu bekomme und ich möchte, dass das möglihst Strukturier abläuft habe ich das Ganze in mehrere Phasen aufgeteilt, wann welche Punkte bearbeitet werden müssen Phase 1: Machbarkeit AktivMacht das überhaupt Sinn?
Bekommen wir genug Leute zusammen?
Bekommen wir das finanziert?
Abschluss mit Entscheidung Event findet statt ja/nein
Phase 2: Konzept GeplantWas kann man für einen solchen Event machen?
Welche Werkzeuge (Poster, Flyer, Website, Mail) kann man einsetzten?
Wie wäre der generelle Ablauf?
Wie finanzieren wir das? (Spenden BTC Adresse? Jeder für sich?)
Abschluss mit Entscheidung was wird gemacht.
Phase 3: Design GeplantErstellung der eingesetzten Werkzeuge
Albschluss mit Design Freeze, ab jetzt wir nichts mehr geändert.
Phase 4: Vorbereitung Geplant„Einsammeln“ der Finanzierung (Bei BTC Spenden)
Vorbereitung der Werkzeuge (z.B. drucken der Flyer)
Verteilung der Werkzeuge (z.B. versenden der Flyer)
Festlegung Datum.
Abschluss: Alle sind einsatzbereit, Teilnehmer Freeze
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Sinister Implications of the Cashless Society
Politics / Fiat Currency Nov 30, 2012 - 03:57 AM
By: Patrick_Henningsen
Politics
Among the long list of items bundled by consensus reality merchants under the banner of ‘conspiracy theory’, is a world without cash – where technocrats rule over the populace, and everything and anything is exchanged via plastic and RFID chips. ...Introduction of Parallel Currencies
There has been a lot made about the ‘cashless society’ in media, but this cannot fully happen until there is a cashless currency.
Every revolution needs a good crisis in order to germinate its seed. The cashless revolution is no different. It should be abundantly clear by now that the global financial meltdown has been engineered at every juncture of its unfolding by the very private central banks who expand and contract the money supply. A dollar or euro collapse will trigger a global economic crisis, which is a prime opportunity to introduce the next phase.
In the summer of 2012, at the height of the European Central Bank (ECB) ritualistic raping of the Greek economy, financial expert Max Keiser, alongside Mexican billionaire Hugo Salinas Price, traveled to Athens to promote the idea of a silver Drachma as a parallel currency to the ever-failing euro. In theory and in practice, this parallel currency was ‘sound money’ for individual Greeks and would allow them to retain some say in their financial destiny, and also allow them to accumulate real wealth. It should have caught on. But this great idea did not go down well with media moguls and technocratic elites loyal to their overlords in the ECB, Wall Street and the City of London. Still, too many people remain unaware of how money is created, entered into circulation and how their private central banks control inflation, and Greece is no different.... ...Two new parallel currencies are currently being used exclusively within the electronic, or cashless domain – Bitcoin and Ven.
Among the many worries Ben Bernanke listed in his speech at the New York Economic Club last week was the emergence of Bitcoin. But don’t believe for a second that these digital parallel currencies are not being watched over and even steered by the money masters. Couple this latest trend with done deals by most of the world’s largest mobile networks this month to allow people to pay via a mobile ‘wallet’, and you now have the initial enabler for a new global electronic currency.
These new parallel cashless currencies could very quickly end up in pole position for supremacy when the old fiat notes fade away as a result of the next planned economic dollar and euro crisis.
Both Bitcoin and Ven appear on their surface to be independent parallel digital money systems, but the reality is much different. In April 2011, Ven announced the first commodity trade priced in Ven for gold production between Europe and South America. Both of these so-called ‘digital alternatives’ are being backed and promoted through some of the world’s biggest and most long-standing corporate dynasties, including Rothschild owned Reuters as an example, which should be of interest to any activist who believes that a digitally controlled global currency is a dangerous path to tread down.... http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article37802.htmlIs it just me or is the genneral new tone getting better? Seems to me it has changed from "Bitcoin is the devils currency" to skeptical interest. |
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Hallo, hat schon mal jemand etwas bei Bitmit gekauft, dass dann beim Zoll hängen geblieben ist? Habe gerade Post vom Zoll bekommen, dass mein Paket dort liegt und ich doch bitte mit einer Rechnung vorbeikomme. Wahrscheinlich hat die die Rechnung in BTC etwas verwirrt. Ich freue mich ja irgendwie schon darauf dort mit meiner Rechnung die dann auch in BTC ist aufzutauchen und die netten Herren noch mehr zu verwirren.  Aber bekomme ich so meinen Artikel? Oder wäre es besser den Verkäufer zu kontaktieren, damit er mir eine Fiat Rechnung ausstellt? |
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http://www.change.org/netgrabHello Forum, There is a petition running on change.org regarding the UN World Conference on International Telecommunications in December. Because I can't describe it better I just quote them: The internet as we know it is at risk. Unless we act now, our right to freely communicate and share information could change forever.
In less than four weeks’ time, the International Telecommunications Union (or ITU), a United Nations agency, is planning to adopt new rules to clamp down on the fundamental freedoms of citizens online.
Big telecommunications corporations have joined with countries including China, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, countries that already impose heavy restrictions on internet freedoms, to put forward a treaty to the UN World Conference on International Telecommunications in December.
So far the proposal has flown under the radar, but its implications are so serious that we must act quickly to show the ITU and its member countries that citizens will not stand by while our right to communicate freely is undermined.
The proposal would give governments and companies all over the world the ability to:
- Charge users for services such as email and Skype;
- Restrict access to the internet; and
- Monitor everything you do online
The new rules would hurt people in poorer countries and those living in dictatorships even more.
Add your name to the global petition and ask your government representatives who will attend this conference to reject these changes that will seriously and permanently restrict internet freedoms. Act now, before it’s too late. We need a new process where the voice of the people is properly heard. Make your voice louder by connecting with us on Facebook.
By signing the petition, you will add your voice to the tens of thousands of people who are standing up against unnecessary and restrictive online regulation.
An internet totally controlled by government and big business contradicts the very essence of what the internet represents – open and free access for all.
That’s why it’s critical for us to come together in demanding that our national leaders and international organisations respect the freedoms the internet gives to us all and stop this proposal in its tracks. You can sign this petition here: http://www.change.org/netgrab
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