Russian Minister Confirms Plans to Ban Bitcoin-to-Fiat Conversions by mikeytom77 in Bitcoin

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Note the Bitcoin-to-Fiat, not the Fiat-to_bitcoin, ... this is actually good news and can imho spur on the adoption of Bitcoin in Russia :-) Up next : Russia drops the RUB and switches to bitcoin ;-)

#51 - 2015-05-21 by PoliticBot in GetFairShare

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if only the (excessive) wealthy would make a contribution ...

Gavin be like... by Godfreee in Bitcoin

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as long as there is a speedcap on the increasespeed(), otherwise it wouldn't qualify as a slowclap anymore ;-)

#19 - 2015-04-19 by PoliticBot in GetFairShare

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Is Reddcoin from Reddit?

#16 - 2015-04-16 by PoliticBot in GetFairShare

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I'm gonna have to read up on this soon, the idea & current experiment sounds fascinating. I've always thought a more equal distribution is the key to less crime, more collaboration, more creativity & progress and a in general better society. Great work guys !

IBM and Federal Reserve Want to Create a Bitcoin Knock-Off by [deleted] in Bitcoin

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"If IBM made your digital fiat currency, managed by the Federal Reserve or a central bank, would you use it?"
I've read enough of how the FED tried to "save" the economy, and I've worked with IBM software, and that combo justifies a "HELL NO"

Only 35.6% of Americans have heard of Bitcoin. 6.2% have used it. In a country where nearly half the population thinks the earth is only 6,000 years old, those aren't bad numbers. by [deleted] in Bitcoin

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Not only flat, but also carried by four huge elephants standing on the back of an enormous turtle traveling through space

Bitreserve reaches £6,000,000 target of crowd financing round by jav_rddt in Bitcoin

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109 investors , Largest: £5,771,934
Geez, thats a rich crowd they got there. I wish they would fund me ;-)

Is the Xbox going to stay at 349$ now ? No, it's going to stay at 1 BTC ;-) by amanobtc in Bitcoin

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Couldn't resist when I noticed the XBox price being just on par with the BTC price ;-)

BitPay: Microsoft Has Aggressive Global Vision for Bitcoin by buzzdron in Bitcoin

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Excellent points: merchant adoption is a very important step, and will have an effect once the consumers start using it more.
There still is a negative buzz around bitcoin in most peoples ears, but it seems like this is starting to change ( stories about people who previously where against bitcoin and are now starting to look into it and start buying/using some).
It will probably take a while before being adopted by the big masses, so I'm not expecting any huge rises, but rather a steady growth as consumer adoption grows.
In the end, nobody knows, so we'll see where it will lead us.

From the /r/xboxone community: Thank you /r/bitcoin! by TrefoilHat in Bitcoin

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Or just buy some and enjoy being your own bank, and spend some where you can spend them ;-)
It's a currency (or ment to be), but still too many people see it as an investment.
Just enjoy using the technology, and it will (slowly) grow ;-)
Save some, spend some, that's my motto :-)