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April 24, 2013, 01:49:57 PM |
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I too wouldn't touch paypal but the influx of people using BTC would be huge...
Oh yeah, totally agree. I am happy to see it for that reason. People are free to use Paypal all they want. I just wouldn't go near them... The key here is the publicity, rather than convenience brought by such a move: if both WU and Paypal start supporting Bitcoin, all those Ponzi scheme/fraud talk can GTFO.
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April 24, 2013, 01:50:11 PM |
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I woke Up today look at the price and i said: IM A FUCKING RICH GUY!
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April 24, 2013, 01:50:38 PM |
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And just as with WU, there appear to be two solutions to the equation. In one, Bitcoin is the enemy. In the other, it's an amazing technology that can save them millions if co-opted. The fact that Marcus didn't flat out refute it, and that he spoke somewhat knowledgeably of miners and so on... this is big.
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April 24, 2013, 02:00:55 PM |
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OK.. so how would this work regarding taxes... I deposit BTC to my paypal account, and then turn around and buy something on the web denominated in $$ and pay with paypal... did I just "sell" my BTC for $$ and incure a capital gains tax liability? Or did I just buy something with BTC? Does this turn paypal into the ultimate exchange? Sigg
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April 24, 2013, 02:05:28 PM |
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160 broken in a few minutes
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April 24, 2013, 02:05:36 PM |
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OK.. so how would this work regarding taxes... I deposit BTC to my paypal account, and then turn around and buy something on the web denominated in $$ and pay with paypal... did I just "sell" my BTC for $$ and incure a capital gains tax liability? Or did I just buy something with BTC? Does this turn paypal into the ultimate exchange? Sigg Could be either or both. I'm guessing at first they will go head to head with blockchain and roll out more services over time.
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April 24, 2013, 02:15:33 PM |
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KEEP
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meh censor thread and suffer schism
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April 24, 2013, 02:16:19 PM |
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up, uP, UP
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April 24, 2013, 02:19:00 PM |
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Paypal recognition ... bye bye 150 .. nice knowing you ![Tongue](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/tongue.gif)
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April 24, 2013, 02:21:44 PM |
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$160, many asks being pulled as well. Hopefully some support can build up before it goes too much higher. ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FIil1wyL.png&t=665&c=XYY90GiOHMCbcA)
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April 24, 2013, 02:22:00 PM |
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Surely we can take 200 today and 50 tomorrow. Go go go!
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April 24, 2013, 02:22:31 PM |
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April 24, 2013, 02:23:07 PM |
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Paypal recognition ... bye bye 150 .. nice knowing you ![Tongue](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/tongue.gif) huh? Paypal recognition?
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April 24, 2013, 02:24:10 PM |
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see above for paypal recognition....
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April 24, 2013, 02:24:21 PM |
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LOL, I go off to read /r/Bitcoin for 5 minutes and this happens: ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F6tZRGhI.jpg&t=665&c=EFA1Y8JycsBMog)
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April 24, 2013, 02:24:32 PM |
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I am fairly convinced that the causality is the opposite of what you describe. Sure, price and number of Google searches are correlated but correlation does not imply causation. It is rising prices that drive interest, not the other way around.
You have to be careful with what you think you're looking at too. You might think that interest in bitcoins correlates with Google trends but the thing is that the differential of an exponential is an exponential. Thus the trend on google may not correlate with the interest in something but rather with the *change* in interest in something but during an exponential period, these would look the same/similar.
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April 24, 2013, 02:26:11 PM |
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The biggest factor in all this (Paypal, WU, etc.), is that they are recognizing Bitcoin as a potential business opportunity. This puts added pressure to be first mover if people think someone else might jump first. Mmmm game theory.
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