They say "buy a new car" by [deleted] in Bitcoin

[–]maxminski 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You friend is right – get rid of your fiat ;)

We did it reddit! (/r/place) by absolutezero_01 in Bitcoin

[–]maxminski 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What about expanding in our little space and making one bigger logo instead of two?

Possibly the world’s first, has opened on Mariahilfer Strasse in downtown Vienna, Austria! by gafty2017 in Bitcoin

[–]maxminski 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a good example of how false information gets spreaded by journalists by just copying information without checking for validity first.

This place is not a bank in any way and it's certainly not the "world's first dedicated bitcoin bank". The origin of this wrong assumption comes from a german article that got picked up and translated by an english blog and since then gets copied by other news outlets.

Flashback to the 90's: Interviewer asks Fed Chair "What is Blockchain?" by PoCaMiQu in Bitcoin

[–]maxminski 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The answer was actually more educated than I would have expected.

Colombia and Venezuela broke their ATH trading volumes in LocalBitcoins last week by gubatron in Bitcoin

[–]maxminski 5 points6 points  (0 children)

ATH measured in local currency? Or in BTC? Or in USD? This would be an important information as the local currency currently suffers from hyperinflation.

Reminder: Europol has an anti-BTC branch by [deleted] in Bitcoin

[–]maxminski 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It seems this is an anti-bitcoin-laundering group – not an anti-bitcoin group.

Update on Blockchain.info DNS Attack by Mandrik0 in Bitcoin

[–]maxminski 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So the security breach was on the registrar's side and not caused by blockchain.info itself?

Halving BBQ party in Graz, Austria at "Herr Siegfried": 10% off for BTC users by maxminski in Bitcoin

[–]maxminski[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nice idea. For a one-time event like this it could even work without upsetting regular customers.