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Topic: 2012-05-12 forbes.com The Somali American Remittance Dilemma (Read 1239 times)

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Now all that has to happen is one of those damn pirates demand Bitcoins as ransom and then we'll really be on the map.
You could always start a bounty for it...

A Bitcoin bounty for a pirate to request ransom in Bitcoin.  Ha!
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The Casascius 1oz 10BTC Silver Round (w/ Gold B)
Now all that has to happen is one of those damn pirates demand Bitcoins as ransom and then we'll really be on the map.
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The Somali American Remittance Dilemma

Jon Matonis
2012-05-12

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmatonis/2012/05/12/the-somali-american-remittance-dilemma/

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Wait a minute! Doesn’t bitcoin allow for rapid and trustworthy international value transfer? Isn’t bitcoin fairly easy to obtain in the developed economies of North America and Europe? Doesn’t Somalia have good telecommunications infrastructure supporting mobile phones?
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Also posted here: http://somalilandsun.com/index.php/in-depth/690-the-somali-american-remittance-dilemma

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