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April 18, 2012, 02:38:05 AM
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Canada’s Mint Chip Digital Currency Cannot Supplant Bitcoin

Kit Dotson
2012-04-17

http://siliconangle.com/blog/2012/04/17/canadas-mint

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Mint Chip has both a flaw and a benefit being tied directly to the Canadian Dollar and their economy. It will become a fiat digital currency and act essentially like any other card connected to a bank (just with digital currency instead of trading numbers representing CDN.) As a result, the Mint Chip evolved money will just be another fashion of state money.
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April 26, 2012, 05:58:57 AM
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Is Mint Chip still a noteworthy issue in BitCoin press forum?
There is TechWeek Europe article: http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/canada-developers-digital-currency-75011
But there isn't anything new in it.
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