http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2011/jun/30/financial-411-all-about-bitcoin/
Edit: Possible NPR showcase in the future?
Edit: Possible NPR showcase in the future?
On a recent PlanetMoney podcast, they hinted at an upcoming Bitcoin episode.
Topic: Bitcoin press hits, notable sources - page 56. (Read 430935 times)
On a recent PlanetMoney podcast, they hinted at an upcoming Bitcoin episode.
http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2011/jun/30/financial-411-all-about-bitcoin/
Edit: Possible NPR showcase in the future?
Edit: Possible NPR showcase in the future?
Germany controls the Euro.
No, it doesn't. Germans are the taxpayer of last resort, however.
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If Bitcoin is not violently throttled, it has the capacity to destroy the Euro.
That's not much of a unique claim on the part of Bitcoin. Even the Euro has the capacity to destroy the Euro. From my own perspectives, the breakup of the European Economic Union (and thus the Euro as such) was already baked into the cards before Greece was a member of the EEU. It's inherently unstable, much more so than even the normal fiat currency system would be. Disparities between nations and their working cultures make political events as we have been witnessing of late a certainty eventually.
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This, coupled with German's natural love of authority, means that mainstream German society will resist Bitcoin along with Australians etc.
Ah, I see. This was a joke!
Germany controls the Euro. If Bitcoin is not violently throttled, it has the capacity to destroy the Euro.
This, coupled with German's natural love of authority, means that mainstream German society will resist Bitcoin along with Australians etc.
This, coupled with German's natural love of authority, means that mainstream German society will resist Bitcoin along with Australians etc.
nvm already listed above
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Das System hinter Bitcoins wird seit 2007 von einer Hackergruppe entwickelt, die heute vom US-Bundesstaat Massachusetts aus operiert.
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The system behind Bitcoins is being developed since 2007 by a group of hackers, which operates from Massachusetts nowadays.
What?
I only skimmed it but it's the worst kind of hit piece. They do everything to make it look and sound bad. They even invent stuff like 'cyber maffiosi made a lot of money off the flash crash'. Conclusion is: it is made by hackers, it is only used for illegal stuff and will be made illegal soon. Hackers being used in the classic media sense of evil masterminds out to destroy everything, of course.
Additional Twitter campaign: Tweet some of the things you've bought with bitcoins and add the #bought-with-bitcoin #BoughtWithBitcoin hashtag.
Another little mention on Bitcoins at Keiser Report: The Counterattack! (E160)
How about a message TO the media?
Please retweet if you've bought something tangible with #bitcoin besides illegal drugs or alpaca socks. ATTN: MEDIA
Your help with spreading that on Twitter would be real nice.
Please retweet if you've bought something tangible with #bitcoin besides illegal drugs or alpaca socks. ATTN: MEDIA
Your help with spreading that on Twitter would be real nice.
Gizmodo Australia discovers Meze Grill accepts Bitcoin:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/06/you-can-now-use-bitcoins-in-the-real-world/
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/06/you-can-now-use-bitcoins-in-the-real-world/
Awesome.
Gizmodo Australia discovers Meze Grill accepts Bitcoin:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/06/you-can-now-use-bitcoins-in-the-real-world/
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/06/you-can-now-use-bitcoins-in-the-real-world/
Quote from: zeit
Das System hinter Bitcoins wird seit 2007 von einer Hackergruppe entwickelt, die heute vom US-Bundesstaat Massachusetts aus operiert.
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The system behind Bitcoins is being developed since 2007 by a group of hackers, which operates from Massachusetts nowadays.
What?
Gavin is in Massachusetts.
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Das System hinter Bitcoins wird seit 2007 von einer Hackergruppe entwickelt, die heute vom US-Bundesstaat Massachusetts aus operiert.
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The system behind Bitcoins is being developed since 2007 by a group of hackers, which operates from Massachusetts nowadays.
What?
How dare this blogger question the claim made by von Muses that money must arise out of an already existing commodity!?
I don't view the regression theory of von Mises as a claim that money must arise from a commodity. That, IMHO, is a bad interpretation.
I view such theory as an explanation of how money economies started from previous barter economies.
Bitcoin does nothing to invalidate such explanation, nor such theory implies that bitcoin could not exist/work.
The link between the bitcoin money economy and previous barter economies was made the day some people decided to exchange bitcoins for dollars. There's a topic on this forum about it.
Some good press on the LRC blog the other day. He does a good job of refuting some common misconceptions of why Bitcoins aren't money.
Part 1:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/90453.html
Part 2:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/90456.html
Part 1:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/90453.html
Part 2:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/90456.html
I was just about to post this. Looks like the tides are turning over at LRC. I guess it takes some time to figure it out.
How dare this blogger question the claim made by von Muses that money must arise out of an already existing commodity!?
I agree the tides are turning -- we need a Bitcoin PR person to do a podcast with Lew. The idea of money having to arise out of a commodity is far more tenuous than the idea that money is anything the market wants it to be. Clearly there are a growing number of people who believe Bitcoins are money and will continue to use it as such.
Edit: On a side note anyone know anyone over at www.zerohedge.com? A good post by Tyler Durden would go a long way and seems like a natural fit . . .
Some good press on the LRC blog the other day. He does a good job of refuting some common misconceptions of why Bitcoins aren't money.
Part 1:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/90453.html
Part 2:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/90456.html
Part 1:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/90453.html
Part 2:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/90456.html
I was just about to post this. Looks like the tides are turning over at LRC. I guess it takes some time to figure it out.
How dare this blogger question the claim made by von Muses that money must arise out of an already existing commodity!?
Some good press on the LRC blog the other day. He does a good job of refuting some common misconceptions of why Bitcoins aren't money.
Part 1:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/90453.html
Part 2:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/90456.html
Part 1:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/90453.html
Part 2:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/90456.html
Did everyone see this... TIME
http://curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com/2011/06/29/bitcoins-does-an-internet-currency-mean-the-doom-of-the-dollar/
http://curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com/2011/06/29/bitcoins-does-an-internet-currency-mean-the-doom-of-the-dollar/
This and other articles on bitcoin remind me of some journalism rule of thumb that I can't quite remember. It's something like this: If someone can respond to the headline with a one-sentence answer and be 90% correct, it's either not newsworthy, you work for a tabloid, or you should be fired.
Good point. Ill have to remember that rule of thumb!
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