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1  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Bounty: Study on retail or business use of bitcoin on: July 22, 2011, 03:10:53 PM
Hi Folks,

I'm offering 3.5 bitcoins (close to $50 at today's rates) for a paper or otherwise easy to understand and use data regarding how much retail and business-to-business trade is being done in bitcoins. The ilst of things on the trade page on the bitcoin wiki keeps getting longer, which is great, but there has been no reliable information about how much trade is being done in bitcoin. Every single article (including my interview in the German online newsaper, Zeit Online) mentions the alpaca socks, for example, but no one knows how many they've sold in bitcoins vs. dollars, etc... I want to be able to cite something in my legal paper, when it is published in a few months in the UC Hastings Science and Technology Law Journal, that will give an idea of how big the bitcoin economy really is. The person creating this study can retain copyrights and authorship rights, but agree to allow free academic and fair use of the study.

To do this well, you'll likely have to send out surveys or in some other way get sales data from some bitcoin merchants. The document you provide needs to be trustworthy, so you should explain your methods, use citations where possible, and try to edit carefully. Something that looks flashy but has data that seems made up -- or where I can't confirm the methodology won't fit the bill. Similarly, something with the world's best data in the form of an excel spreadsheet without an accompanying explanation won't work either.

I will award the bounty in my sole discretion. I reserve the right not to award it if nothing meeting my standards is created within a reasonable amount of time, which I will also determine in my sole discretion. I also reserve the right to award part of the bounty or split the bounty between two or more papers or studies. However, if there is a standout, I will likely award the whole bounty to one paper/person.

A source like this would be very good for the bitcoin community because it would put in context what is going on in the bitcoin economy, and might act as a counterweight to those who think that bitcoin is only used for purchasing drugs on silk road. (To that end, a comparison between the amount of money spent on silk road vs. other things would be helpful, but certainly not necessary).

If you think such a paper/source would be good, please contribute to the bounty by sending donations to 1HSSicqMoMm4FXpH6UgQya7xaQbN9EJXit
2  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / feedback on preliminary draft of legal paper on: April 21, 2011, 04:00:14 PM
Hi Folks,

I have finished a preliminary draft of my legal paper on bitcoin. Note that it is missing some very important sections that I plan to add later, such as the implications of the e-gold saga for bitcoin, tax laws, banking regulations, etc. I am posting this early draft to get feedback from you guys. Also please note that I am not a lawyer (yet) and I am not giving you or anybody else legal advice in this paper. Furthermore, the few conclusions that I have made may change.

Please feel free to email comments to reuben.grinberg+bitcoin at gmail.

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1817857

Best,
Reuben
3  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Why Do You Use Bitcoin? on: March 14, 2011, 10:27:23 PM
Hi Fellow Bitcoin Users,

I'm writing a legal essay on Bitcoin for my Banking Law class at a top U.S. law school. It will explain how bitcoin works, describe the current ecosystem, compare bitcoin to other payment systems and digital currencies, explore arguments for and against bitcoin specifically, and analyze salient legal issues. After I am done, I am hoping to publish the article in some way, perhaps bringing some attention to bitcoin.

It would be useful to get a sense of who the current bitcoin users are. I'm assuming that the votes are completely confidential so individuals can answer freely (but I'm not sure -- if you think differently, please post a reply).

I know that some of these overlap, but please answer whichever is the best for you.

Thanks,
reubgr
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