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July 17, 2014, 02:41:51 AM |
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2014/07/16/google-adds-bitcoin-currency-conversion-to-search/Bitcoin, the digital currency in which transactions can be made without a central bank, increased in value substantially since it was created in 2008. In 2013, the price of one Bitcoin went from $13 to over $1,100. The value of the currency dropped this year after Bitcoin exchange company Mt. Gox shutdown in February and a false report was published about how the Chinese government banned the digital currency in the country. As of right now, the value of 1 Bitcoin is worth more than $600. Google GOOGL -0.44% has now made it easier to track these fluctuations by adding a Bitcoin tracking tool to its search website.
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July 17, 2014, 03:05:42 AM |
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I just had to test this out. This is very cool. Thanks for the heads up.
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July 17, 2014, 06:11:36 AM |
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Just tried it as well. Nice.
This is a good indicator that Bitcoin is seeping into the subconscious of the general public slowly.
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July 17, 2014, 06:38:08 AM |
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I just noticed this the other day. I think if google is getting on board, good things can only come of it.
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July 17, 2014, 07:40:12 AM |
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This is so cool. Talk about a great conversation starter for helping accelerate the spread of bitcoin awareness!! Who that you know that isn't familiar with bitcoin doesn't use google as well? I'm betting not very many :p
*Anyway, interesting thing I found that entering '1.27btc=' actually works as well. Well, I thought it was neat anyway.
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Kyt Dotson
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July 17, 2014, 08:59:07 AM |
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It took them long enough. I am just beside myself thinking that Google let Microsoft's Bing beat them to the punch.
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July 17, 2014, 10:11:14 AM |
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Aaaah this is so awesome  And it will save me a lot of time. And they're working with Coinbase, very nice, much better than with some exchange. |
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July 17, 2014, 03:15:27 PM |
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I was wondering when they would add this. One more step into the mainstream.
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July 17, 2014, 07:26:28 PM |
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I was wondering when they would add this. One more step into the mainstream.
It is a really nice and time saving feature. Thanks for the info. But i would not overestimate its importance for the BTC "mainstreaming". |
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July 20, 2014, 05:57:41 PM |
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Wow, that is pretty cool. I think it show bitcoins legitimacy and shows it is here to stay. I wonder if they'll add other currencies.
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July 20, 2014, 08:53:41 PM |
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Wow, bitcoin is really getting into our lives. HOLD!  |
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bitsmichel
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July 20, 2014, 09:41:12 PM |
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Just tried it as well. Nice.
This is a good indicator that Bitcoin is seeping into the subconscious of the general public slowly.
Bit by bit we see bitcoin appearing more.I think it's a good feature, but Google is a bit late with it. Eric Schmidt knew about Bitcoin for a long time, but ignored it for a while... Eitherway, duckduckgo had this feature much earlier |
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July 22, 2014, 09:13:03 AM |
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You know Bitcoin has hit the big-time when Google incorporates automatic price conversion right into their search engine!!!
"Just program it in there fellas!" ;-)
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