2013-07-05 Bitcoin – the people’s currency or dangerously subversive?

[ganabb]

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/bitcoin-the-people-s-currency-or-dangerously-subversive-1.1454365

In 2008 a pseudonymous character called “Satoshi Nakamoto” invented a cyber-currency called bitcoin. Initially ignored by all but a few aficionados, it became the subject of huge interest earlier this year when a wave of speculation caused the price to soar . . . and then plummet.

[MykelSilver]

hope for all the companies that invested in bitcoin will survive. they deserve a better fate.

[xxjs]

hope for all the companies that invested in bitcoin will survive. they deserve a better fate.

No please, only the best.

[CoinGames]

Brian Lucey, professor of finance at Trinity College Dublin, notes that bitcoin enthusiasts are often “crypto gold-standard people” who object to central bank control over money.

well duh!