Why $17? Because this is happening...

[evoorhees]

All the talk about why the rally is happening. In my opinion, it is simple. Because this is happening on websites...



The fact that you don't know which site I pulled this from proves my point

[Benson Samuel]

Which website was this from Erik?

[TheKoziTwo]

http://www.gogreensolar.com/

[bitfarmer]

Price is irrelevant, bitcoin's mainstream adoption is priceless. Utility FTW!

[evoorhees]

http://www.gogreensolar.com/

Damn that didn't take long lol

[Akka]

http://www.gogreensolar.com/

Damn that didn't take long lol

Because I already Posted it 3 hours ago.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=138230.0

Goggle Alert is faster than you.

[TheKoziTwo]

http://www.gogreensolar.com/

Damn that didn't take long lol

Because I already Posted it 3 hours ago.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=138230.0

Goggle Alert is faster than you.

Yupp 

[Anth0n]

The $17 mark is because one guy suddenly spent hundreds of thousands on coins in the last few days.

[bitfarmer]

The $17 mark is because one guy suddenly spent hundreds of thousands on coins in the last few days.

Indeed a wise investor has found bitcoin

[evoorhees]

The $17 mark is because one guy suddenly spent hundreds of thousands on coins in the last few days.

Source?

And if true, then why did he do it? Like anyone who is actually paying attention to this thing, perhaps he realized that Bitcoin has proven itself and is now starting to make inroads outside the Bitcoin community.

[elux]

The $17 mark is because one guy suddenly spent hundreds of thousands on coins in the last few days.

Source?

And if true, then why did he do it? Like anyone who is actually paying attention to this thing, perhaps he realized that Bitcoin has proven itself and is now starting to make inroads outside the Bitcoin community.

Maybe this: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=137203.0

(Forex Magnates coverage of Bitcoin)

[wachtwoord]

If I were the CEO of a medium to large company planning to accept Bitcoin I would (as the company) start by buying a lot of them cheaply in the months before I would announce it.

[dpcman]

Good point. Hope the whole world follows suit 

[wormbog]

From gogreensolar.com:

We are working with our shopping cart provider to integrate Bitcoin for a seamless checkout process.  We appreciate your patience and understanding in the mean time. (You can also give Shopify a prod if you'd like to see this supported in their software!)

This is a great opportunity for someone with some technical skills. Create a Shopify app that integrates Bitcoin payment.

http://apps.shopify.com/

Charge a modest monthly fee for Shopify customers to use it. Programmer creates an income stream, and lots of Shopify-powered stores suddenly have an easy bitcoin option.

Repeat the formula for Magento, BigCommerce, etc.

[Anth0n]

The $17 mark is because one guy suddenly spent hundreds of thousands on coins in the last few days.

Source?

And if true, then why did he do it? Like anyone who is actually paying attention to this thing, perhaps he realized that Bitcoin has proven itself and is now starting to make inroads outside the Bitcoin community.

Right, it's not necessarily a bad thing to have one entity purchase a large amount of coins. The following "source" is not really credible proof I suppose, but just by looking at the charts for the last few days, you can see that the price increases were driven by a select few gigantic purchases.

[Spaceman_Spiff]

I wouldn't be surprised if the non-negative commentary on bitcoin in zerohedge a month or so ago attracted some bigger whales.

[twolifeinexile]

I wouldn't be surprised if the non-negative commentary on bitcoin in zerohedge a month or so ago attracted some bigger whales.

Zerohedge have good articles, but their prediction.....
You can not be worse.

[conspirosphere.tk]

Maybe someone knows that something is going to happen, and that there are not many places to hide:

More than $114 billion walked out of the biggest United States banks this month, and nobody’s quite sure why.
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-01-23/missing-114-billion-from-u-dot-s-dot-banks

[HDSolar]

Oh that is funny, I think I know how that company started getting into Bitcoins but I am not telling. 

[Lethn]

Holy cow! Solar Panels for Bitcoin?! Finally! Now we just need someone to offer wind turbines for those of us who don't have the sunlight

Maybe someone knows that something is going to happen, and that there are not many places to hide:

More than $114 billion walked out of the biggest United States banks this month, and nobody’s quite sure why.
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-01-23/missing-114-billion-from-u-dot-s-dot-banks

LOL! VIVA LA REVOLUTION! VIVA!