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Topic: Bitcoin press hits, notable sources - page 30. (Read 430947 times)

sr. member
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FirstBits: 168Bc
October 24, 2011, 02:32:24 PM
Maybe We Should Pay Greece With Bitcoin?
http://www.kitco.com/ind/Nadler/oct242011.html

Don’t look now but there is a major currency crash already under way. No, we have not suddenly turned into alarmist newsletter scribes here. The fiat currency Armageddon we are referring to is taking place in the same space that others have tried their hand in and failed previously; the creation of alternative money. Remember Beenz? Remember Flooz? Neither do we. Remember Bitcoin? You won’t, soon.

The recently invented “encrypted monetary unit” that is more complex that the design of the Mayan calendar was supposed to take the world by storm. Forget the greenback when you can swear by Bitcoin. Aha. Whereas the latest in alternative cash once traded as high as $33 (hey, near gold standard status!) it is now changing hands at under $3 and it might soon vanish altogether. Some have called it nothing short of a “screwball scheme to bypass the system.” You know; the “IRS and taxes” kind of system. So, do not be shocked if you get “called in” by Uncle Sam for a friendly audit, or to soon read that “Bitcoin…bit the dust.”
full member
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October 24, 2011, 01:50:19 PM
Maybe We Should Pay Greece With Bitcoin?
http://www.kitco.com/ind/Nadler/oct242011.html
k
sr. member
Activity: 451
Merit: 250
October 24, 2011, 12:40:03 PM
The Business Of Bitcoin: Entrepreneurs See Opportunities In Alternative Currencies

http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/24/the-business-of-bitcoin-entrepreneurs-see-opportunities-in-alternative-currencies/

(Edit: sorry messed up the link originally)

hero member
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Merit: 523
October 24, 2011, 05:11:11 AM
This piece should be of interest for both bit and name coin.

http://memeburn.com/2011/10/p2p-dns-taking-ownership-of-the-internet/

It's an interesting article on namecoin with quite a few pointers in the bitcoin direction  Grin
newbie
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October 22, 2011, 09:29:25 AM
Interesting discussion about mining and bitcoin stabiltiy

http://forum.theuklibertarian.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=597&start=20#p8590
hero member
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October 22, 2011, 03:47:08 AM
Dutch article on Bitcoinspot about the low course.

http://www.bitcoinspot.nl/nieuws-algemeen/een-adempauze-voor-bitcoin.html
legendary
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October 21, 2011, 08:48:38 PM
Given that Adrianne Jeffries betabeat reports seem to get a bit of attention from other journalists - nice to see her follow up with something a bit more detailed about the price crash and mining profitability.


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Bitcoin Mining Still Profitable for Some; Hardcore BTCers Keep the Faith

Adrianne Jeffries
2011-10-21

http://www.betabeat.com/2011/10/21/bitcoin-mining-still-profitable-for-some-hardcore-btcers-keep-the-faith/
legendary
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October 21, 2011, 03:24:41 PM
Another pundit proclaiming the death of bitcoin

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bitcoin-is-the-latest-alternate-currency-to-crash-2011-10-21?siteid=rss&rss=1

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Bitcoin is the latest alternate currency to crash
The history of bogus currency schemes is long and sad
By John C. Dvorak



My response to Mr. Dvorak, http://www.bitcoinblogger.com/2011/10/why-it-is-impossible-for-bitcoin-to.html
k
sr. member
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October 21, 2011, 02:35:40 PM
Another pundit proclaiming the death of bitcoin

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bitcoin-is-the-latest-alternate-currency-to-crash-2011-10-21?siteid=rss&rss=1

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Bitcoin is the latest alternate currency to crash
The history of bogus currency schemes is long and sad
By John C. Dvorak

legendary
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October 21, 2011, 09:55:17 AM
"Hack This Zine"    V.13 FALL 2011 (october) "People, like information, want to be free"
starts out talking about the Occupy Wall St protests and has a pretty comprehensive intro piece on bitcoin within the Tools section
(starts on page 33)

https://hackbloc.org/zine

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BitCoin: Dangerous to Surveillance
State, Useful to Activists

https://hackbloc.org/svn/htz/HTZ13_DRAFT_READ.pdf

Here's a mirror of just the bitcoin section:
http://themonetaryfuture.blogspot.com/2011/10/bitcoin-dangerous-to-surveillance-state.html


http://thedailyattack.com/2011/10/22/bitcoin-dangerous-to-surveillance-state/
donator
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October 21, 2011, 09:47:21 AM
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Bitcoin POS system developed
A point-of-sale system, based on a VeriFone terminal, which enables retailers to accept virtual currency Bitcoin has been developed.

2011-10-21

http://www.finextra.com/news/fullstory.aspx?newsitemid=23083

I think it's the "casascius pos terminal": https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/casascius-bitcoin-pos-system-46366

I don't think it's completely "developed".
legendary
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October 21, 2011, 09:35:59 AM
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Bitcoin POS system developed
A point-of-sale system, based on a VeriFone terminal, which enables retailers to accept virtual currency Bitcoin has been developed.

2011-10-21

http://www.finextra.com/news/fullstory.aspx?newsitemid=23083
newbie
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October 21, 2011, 09:23:22 AM
Here's a blog post I found by searching for "maple syrup bitcoins" ...  wtf?
You will understand my consternation when you read it, nothing to do with maple syrup.

This guy REALLY doesn't like banks.

New Decentralized Currency Stimulating Underground Barter Economy

http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/business/currency/news.php?q=1307459423
legendary
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October 21, 2011, 09:18:26 AM
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Virtual currencies
The bursting of the Bitcoin bubble

2011-10-21

http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/10/virtual-currencies

In May Rick Falkvinge, the founder of the Pirate Party in Sweden, famously blogged that he was converting all of his Swedish-crown savings to Bitcoins. Five months on, he tweeted that after “hoarding” Bitcoins until they hit $18 or so, he had moved to a “buy-and-sell pattern”. Mostly sell, it seems. “I currently don't hold any,” he admitted.

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Those who have remained faithful to Bitcoin claim to be unfazed by such wild market swings. Volatility, they argue, is hardly surprising for a relatively inchoate, newfangled currency, especially against the backdrop of economic turmoil.
Bitcoin's stumble was not, then, entirely unanticipated. But it probably wasn't hoped for, either.

legendary
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October 20, 2011, 06:11:13 PM
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Louisiana Makes It Illegal To Use Cash For Secondhand Sales
from the the-other-side-of-the-bitcoin dept

2011-10-19

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111019/17424316421/louisiana-makes-it-illegal-to-use-cash-secondhand-sales.shtml


"You can understand why law enforcement wants that, but just because law enforcement wants details of your private transactions, it doesn't mean you should be blocked from using cash. And people wonder why there was so much interest in Bitcoin (even if Bitcoin itself is rather flawed)."


discussion thread here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/louisiana-makes-it-illegal-to-use-cash-for-secondhand-sales-49167
donator
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October 20, 2011, 04:38:36 PM
I call your sign and raise you a banner,



My friend Jaromil was at Occupy Amsterdam with that Smiley

Awesome shot, also because it also contains Max Keiser's buy silver campaign.
legendary
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Affordable Physical Bitcoins - Denarium.com
October 20, 2011, 01:42:06 PM
Massive press indeed. I think this is a classic case of "any publicity is good publicity". Bitcoin can only benefit from this. These articles will get some people to either invest in Bitcoins when the price bottoms or use and develop Bitcoin in some way, which is more desirable. We do not need another price bubble, what we need is development and a price increase that's based on it.

Google trends for Bitcoin hasn't been this high for a long time: http://www.google.com/trends?q=bitcoin&ctab=0&geo=all&date=mtd&sort=0
legendary
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October 20, 2011, 10:54:33 AM
Not very recognizable.

Looks like a football club.

(which brings me to an idea...) Cool
legendary
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October 20, 2011, 10:46:24 AM
I call your sign and raise you a banner,



My friend Jaromil was at Occupy Amsterdam with that Smiley
donator
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Merit: 1014
Let's talk governance, lipstick, and pigs.
October 20, 2011, 06:58:28 AM

It would be more interesting if the light was red instead of yellow.  Cheesy

(couldn't let that one slip by)
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