Bitcoin press hits, notable sources

[julz]

Hot on the heels of the recent announcement by the P2P foundation that they were paying some of their salaries in bitcoin,
Michel Bauwen(one of the founders of the P2P foundation) follows up with an article in Al Jazeera

What's all the fuzz about money?

Michel Bauwens
2012-04-05

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/20124395428374962.html

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However, the biggest development may in fact be the creation of a workable, socially sovereign, debt-free currency called Bitcoin.
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[julz]

Guest post: Bitcoin, Money and Free Banking
by Lasse Birk Olesen, founder of BitcoinNordic.com

2012-04-06

http://marketmonetarist.com/2012/04/06/guest-post-bitcoin-money-and-free-banking-by-lasse-birk-olesen/

[MoonShadow]

Hot on the heels of the recent announcement by the P2P foundation that they were paying some of their salaries in bitcoin,
Michel Bauwen(one of the founders of the P2P foundation) follows up with an article in Al Jazeera

What's all the fuzz about money?

Michel Bauwens
2012-04-05

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/20124395428374962.html

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However, the biggest development may in fact be the creation of a workable, socially sovereign, debt-free currency called Bitcoin.
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It's a good article, but ironicly he displays his own economic biases by citing long debunked viewpoints while trying to indirectly support bitcoin with them.

[joecooin]

"Zitty", Berlin.

That's one of the two leading city-magazines of Berlin.

Has a one-and-a-half-pages article about Bitcoin, woven around a report about the bar / restaurant ROOM77. Pretty much explains the most important facts about Bitcoin in non-tech-speak. Actually _very_ non-tech and also quite clueless as the journalist doesn't even understand the difference between IN- and DE-flation. Anyway, bottom line of the article is, that there is a new virtual currency that shifts power away from governments and banks and that the Bitcoin-community sees that as a feature, not as a bug .

Greetings from Berlin!

Joe

[HostFat]

"Zitty", Berlin.

Is this one?
http://www.zitty.de/d13-r3chnun9-b1tte.html

[FreeMoney]

The magazine Northwest Mama just had an article in their first issue released today. Their website has the current issue, which as of now has the article on page 42.

http://nwmama.com/

For those who just want a quick summary:

Bitcoin is a substitute for traditional money, not just CCs and checks but Yen, EUR, and USD.

You should set up an ewallet, people can send you money there and you'll generate some for free, it won't make your computer go slow.

Bitcoin is too buggy and won't replace current money for 30 years.

And my own note:

We're going to need Bitcoin education classes in every city within 2 years or there are going to be some confused folks bouncing around.

[julz]

A translation of Naomi O'Leary's recent article on the major German site welt.de

Ist der Bitcoin die Zukunft des Geldes?

2012-04-06

http://www.welt.de/finanzen/article106161098/Ist-der-Bitcoin-die-Zukunft-des-Geldes.html

[edd]

The magazine Northwest Mama just had an article in their first issue released today. Their website has the current issue, which as of now has the article on page 42.

http://nwmama.com/

For those who just want a quick summary:

Bitcoin is a substitute for traditional money, not just CCs and checks but Yen, EUR, and USD.

You should set up an ewallet, people can send you money there and you'll generate some for free, it won't make your computer go slow.

Bitcoin is too buggy and won't replace current money for 30 years.

And my own note:

We're going to need Bitcoin education classes in every city within 2 years or there are going to be some confused folks bouncing around.

Please do not think I made that article. I just found it and posted it.

I don't think anyone does, but you have to admit, it was obviously written by someone who didn't do their homework very well.

[FreeMoney]

The magazine Northwest Mama just had an article in their first issue released today. Their website has the current issue, which as of now has the article on page 42.

http://nwmama.com/

For those who just want a quick summary:

Bitcoin is a substitute for traditional money, not just CCs and checks but Yen, EUR, and USD.

You should set up an ewallet, people can send you money there and you'll generate some for free, it won't make your computer go slow.

Bitcoin is too buggy and won't replace current money for 30 years.

And my own note:

We're going to need Bitcoin education classes in every city within 2 years or there are going to be some confused folks bouncing around.

Please do not think I made that article. I just found it and posted it.

I certainly didn't think that. I appreciate link posting.

Even though that article is pretty flawed I didn't mean to be critical. People, unsurprisingly even writers, are having trouble understanding. I was just pointing that out.

[grondilu]

According to Max Keiser,  Larry Summers, former secretary of the US Treasury, said the following about bitcoin:

«[bitcoin] is one of many innovative technologies that are going to seek to take friction out. »

However, the given link requires registration to see the full article.

http://maxkeiser.com/2012/03/29/bitcoin-is-one-of-many-innovative-technologies-that-are-going-to-seek-to-take-friction-out-larry-summers/

[MoonShadow]

According to Max Keiser,  Larry Summers, former secretary of the US Treasury, said the following about bitcoin:

«[bitcoin] is one of many innovative technologies that are going to seek to take friction out. »

However, the given link requires registration to see the full article.

http://maxkeiser.com/2012/03/29/bitcoin-is-one-of-many-innovative-technologies-that-are-going-to-seek-to-take-friction-out-larry-summers/

The comments are filled with patheticly uneducated perspectives.

[cbeast]

http://rt.com/programs/keiser-report/episode-272-max-keiser/

In this episode, Max Keiser and co-host Stacy Herbert discuss getting Zhou Tonged and Jamie Dimon-ed in financial markets. They also discuss bucket shop derivatives, a debit card repo scam and a compound of morons and regulatory flatulence. In the second half of the show Max talks to Michel Bauwens of the P2P Foundation about bitcoin in the virtual world and about pseudo abundance and artificial scarcity in the real world.

Discussion thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=75896.msg841340

[cypherdoc]

http://rt.com/programs/keiser-report/episode-272-max-keiser/

In this episode, Max Keiser and co-host Stacy Herbert discuss getting Zhou Tonged and Jamie Dimon-ed in financial markets. They also discuss bucket shop derivatives, a debit card repo scam and a compound of morons and regulatory flatulence. In the second half of the show Max talks to Michel Bauwens of the P2P Foundation about bitcoin in the virtual world and about pseudo abundance and artificial scarcity in the real world.

Hey, let's get this straight, I'm the one who originated the term and it's one word, a verb, as in any member of a class of words that are formally distinguished in many languages, as in English by taking the past ending in -ed,  that function as the main elements of predicates, that typically express action, state, or a relation between two things, and that (when inflected) may be inflected for tense, aspect, voice, mood, and to show agreement with their subject or object.; as in being Zhoutonged.

[joecooin]

"Zitty", Berlin.

Is this one?
http://www.zitty.de/d13-r3chnun9-b1tte.html

Yep.

It's also out in print. Which is cool 'cause it is lying around in every bar and in every home in Berlin for two weeks and literally everybody in Berlin flicks through it at some point.

Joe

[ChupacabraHunter]

Hi Everyone,

Let's try to reach an audience of 800000+ facebook users through the Samsung NX page. Amazing photographer Boris Austin put up a series of 10 pictures explaining why the world needs Bitcoin!

I think this is the most concise and creative promotion for Bitcoin made so far for an audience of non-technical users.

To view, please go to this link:

https://apps.facebook.com/nxphotoexhibition/

(To find the photos: Like the page, click on Boris Austin, enter his gallery, it's on the left wall)


If you like the photos and the girl in it; 'Like', comment and spread the message! You can even enter the Name & Share contest, and win something from Samsung.

We just need to enter a title for this photo:

https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150671828937655&id=192771932654&set=a.458247337654.249855.192771932654&__user=1380937650

And to view on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO5ondiZTH4&feature=youtu.be

[MoonShadow]

Hi Everyone,

Let's try to reach an audience of 800000+ facebook users through the Samsung NX page. Amazing photographer Boris Austin put up a series of 10 pictures explaining why the world needs Bitcoin!

I think this is the most concise and creative promotion for Bitcoin made so far for an audience of non-technical users.

To view, please go to this link:

https://apps.facebook.com/nxphotoexhibition/

I can't see these.

[ChupacabraHunter]

Hi Everyone,

Let's try to reach an audience of 800000+ facebook users through the Samsung NX page. Amazing photographer Boris Austin put up a series of 10 pictures explaining why the world needs Bitcoin!

I think this is the most concise and creative promotion for Bitcoin made so far for an audience of non-technical users.

To view, please go to this link:

https://apps.facebook.com/nxphotoexhibition/

I can't see these.

It is a bit weird, how that facebook app works. Try again after "Like"-ing the Samsung NX page, and clicking on the Enter Gallery button, and then you can see Boris Austin... good luck

if you are impatient, I found this to view the 10 photos:

https://picasaweb.google.com/lisakishawi/BitcoinForTheWorld

[julz]

CoinDL: "iTunes Of The Bitcoin World". Can Digital Currency Create New Music Revenue Stream?

Clyde Smith
2012-04-09

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/04/coindl-launches-itunes-of-the-bitcoin-world-employing-new-digital-currency.html

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It's unclear whether or not this development can lead to a legitimate revenue stream but it's quite interesting in the short term and certainly opens up the possiblity of a bit of media attention for early adopters in the music world.
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[julz]

Dropping the penny was just the beginning as the Canadian Mint seeks digital future

2012-04-09

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/04/09/mintchip-royal-canadian-mint/

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In a recent post, Bitcoin Magazine writer Vitalik Buterin called MintChip “a sign of things to come.” Nevertheless, he questioned MintChip’s security, noting that “unhackable” chips had been hacked in the past with electron microscopes, needles and acid.
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[julz]

No Money, No Problems: Canada Considers Completely Digital Currency

Keith Wagstaff
2012-04-10

http://techland.time.com/2012/04/10/canadian-government-considers-completely-digital-currency/

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If this all sounds a lot like BitCoin — the favorite currency of techies and libertarians alike — that’s because it is, according to the National Post:
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