2013-10-21 The Guardian - Bitcoin price surges to post-crash high

Carlton Banks

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Quote from: aigeezer on October 21, 2013, 06:40:55 PM

Quote from: jinni on October 21, 2013, 05:51:05 PM

Quote from: Carlton Banks on October 21, 2013, 12:50:23 PM

No. 1. Bitcoin, the favoured currency of African dictators and terrorists.

No, really, they really said this (well, one of their gifted columnists did)

Hahahaha. Way too funny. Is there even a link?

This one might be it - in the same vein for sure:

"An obscure digital currency – used mostly for running drugs and laundering money for dictators...."

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/apr/03/bitcoin-currency-bubble-crash-not-rocking-financial-markets

That's it. Great how The Guardian stands up for the freedoms ~~it thinks we should be aware~~ we are losing. They're total heros of liberty at The Guardian.

And of course, that's a thoroughly researched and easily validated claim their columnist is making. Oh yes.

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Quote from: jinni on October 21, 2013, 05:51:05 PM

Quote from: Carlton Banks on October 21, 2013, 12:50:23 PM

No. 1. Bitcoin, the favoured currency of African dictators and terrorists.

No, really, they really said this (well, one of their gifted columnists did)

Hahahaha. Way too funny. Is there even a link?

This one might be it - in the same vein for sure:

"An obscure digital currency – used mostly for running drugs and laundering money for dictators...."

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/apr/03/bitcoin-currency-bubble-crash-not-rocking-financial-markets

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Quote from: Carlton Banks on October 21, 2013, 12:50:23 PM

No. 1. Bitcoin, the favoured currency of African dictators and terrorists.

No, really, they really said this (well, one of their gifted columnists did)

Hahahaha. Way too funny. Is there even a link?

Carlton Banks

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(so called champions of freedom) The Guardian should really have a whole list of laughable Bitcoin malapropisms. But it will take alot to knock this one of the tops spot:

No. 1. Bitcoin, the favoured currency of African dictators and terrorists.

No, really, they really said this (well, one of their gifted columnists did)

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http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/21/bitcoin-price-surges-to-post-crash-high

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Price hits $197, following a jump of $30 in a day, calming fears that the closure of Silk Road would harm the currency

Edit: A few laughable points but we're used to that by now.

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