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Topic: [1 BTC Bounty] What is Bitcoin? *ENDED* - page 7. (Read 12407 times)

legendary
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Merit: 1279
Primedice.com, Stake.com
Forget defining Bitcoin, I offer something much more valuable -- correction to your sig.

"♛ "Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it." -MT  @PrimeDice"

Don't fret!  Censorship lets you have your stake, eat & even gamble it away.  At worst, it won't let you talk about it, but common etiquette should stop you from talking with your mouth full.
PM me for BTC addy.

Have to admit I definitely got a kick out of that  Cheesy
member
Activity: 75
Merit: 10
If you want an accurate, concise, and boring description of what it actually is:

A shared ledger on which people cryptographically exchange values which act as a money substitute.
hero member
Activity: 672
Merit: 500
The ability for anyone in the world to move money using military-grade cryptography.

(Based on a quote by David Perry, "It feels really surreal to use military-grade cryptography to pay for Schnitzel")
sr. member
Activity: 328
Merit: 250
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_hz7TyQ_bs

This video is better than weusecoins
full member
Activity: 130
Merit: 100
Bitcoin is the future of money.
newbie
Activity: 28
Merit: 0
Bitcoin is to dollars as Linux is to Windows.
jr. member
Activity: 77
Merit: 1
Bitcoin is a new payment system where you can send money like an email at very low fees.
sr. member
Activity: 275
Merit: 250
Dependes when you bought them and how smart your son is:

To your son: I don't know, but it paid for your PhD at Harvard.

Like every other doctoral granting institution, Harvard funds their Ph.D. students. 
newbie
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Merit: 0
Bitcoin is a public accounting ledger maintained online by a distributed network of computers. Computers on the network maintain the ledger's integrity by cross-checking transactions with each other. People who lend computing power to the network are rewarded with new units of currency, which can be thought of as new lines added to the accounting ledger.
sr. member
Activity: 392
Merit: 250
http://casinobitco.in/ A+ customer support
bitcoin is a public online safety deposit box and people trade the boxes as currency. the miners keep it secure and clear transactions and are rewarded a bit for it.
sr. member
Activity: 434
Merit: 250
e-Money.

The future for Bitcoin does look as bright as it did last week, that's for sure.
legendary
Activity: 966
Merit: 1000
- - -Caveat Aleo- - -
Pull out a $100 bill point to the serial # and tell your friend:

Imagine if you could transfer the value of a currency by sending its serial number to someone and that in addition to buying and selling existing serial numbers you could use a computer costing thousands of dollars to generate some new serial numbers.
full member
Activity: 196
Merit: 100
its how you and me make money and move to the future
sr. member
Activity: 280
Merit: 250
Dependes when you bought them and how smart your son is:

To your son: I don't know, but it paid for your PhD at Harvard.
legendary
Activity: 1218
Merit: 1006
Crypto entrepreneur and consultant
Currencies are simplicity to complicate. Bitcoin is complexity to simplify.
donator
Activity: 1466
Merit: 1048
I outlived my lifetime membership:)
To a techie:  Bitcoin is Money Over Internet Protocol

To an economist:  Bitcoin is irreversible, ultrasecure mathematical cowry shells

To an entrepreneur:  Bitcoin is digital money Lego--you can use it to build anything

To grandma:  Bitcoin is money that you can send like email

To a merchant:  Bitcoin is no service fees, no specialised hardware, and no chargebacks

To a first generation immigrant:  Bitcoin is 90% off Western Union fees for everyone

To Joe Everyman:  Bitcoin is a 5% discount on online shopping

To your great-grandchild:  Dollar bills were how people paid for things before we had Bitcoin
+1. Well played
newbie
Activity: 42
Merit: 0
Forget defining Bitcoin, I offer something much more valuable -- correction to your sig.

"♛ "Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it." -MT  @PrimeDice"

Don't fret!  Censorship lets you have your stake, eat & even gamble it away.  At worst, it won't let you talk about it, but common etiquette should stop you from talking with your mouth full.
PM me for BTC addy.
legendary
Activity: 3710
Merit: 1586
Bitcoin is a way to get rich quick!
legendary
Activity: 1176
Merit: 1280
May Bitcoin be touched by his Noodly Appendage
Bitcoin is the first true and secure money.
sr. member
Activity: 453
Merit: 250
A little video I made.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXW2YgnkWwk

Doesn't necessarily explain it but does give people a frame of reference for it, helping them comprehend what it can do.
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