http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2012/03/cashless_society_can_you_enjoy_a_strip_club_without_cash_.single.html
It looks like pimpcoin needs to have some marketing work done.
Topic: Bitcoin press hits, notable sources - page 7. (Read 430935 times)
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While the likes of Square, PayPal, Mobile Network Operators and others might think they can circumvent the current bank and payments infrastructure with the 'cloud' or IP networks, the reality is that the need for auditability, security and cross-border interoperability means that complete circumvention of the banking system isn't going to happen in the next few years.
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Movenbank, Simple, PayPal, Square, Dwolla, BitCoin and others are working at disrupting not the networks or infrastructure, but the friction in the system.
- http://www.finextra.com/community/FullBlog.aspx?blogid=6350
While many argue correctly that the new players sit on top of existing infrastructure to build their businesses, what they neglect to address is that we probably only need 30-50% of the players in the system right now to provide that vital infrastructure. The rest are superfluous.
these new players are us; the early adopters.
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While the likes of Square, PayPal, Mobile Network Operators and others might think they can circumvent the current bank and payments infrastructure with the 'cloud' or IP networks, the reality is that the need for auditability, security and cross-border interoperability means that complete circumvention of the banking system isn't going to happen in the next few years.
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Movenbank, Simple, PayPal, Square, Dwolla, BitCoin and others are working at disrupting not the networks or infrastructure, but the friction in the system.
- http://www.finextra.com/community/FullBlog.aspx?blogid=6350
I was at a banking conference in London on Tuesday and heard the guy from Movenbank speak, actually for a "bank" they're quite good, you can use your Facebook profile to open an account with them.
There was also a Japanese banker (Mitsubishi bank spinoff) where new accounts are created by using mobiles to snap pics of ID's n stuff for the needed KYC.
Then there was a boring French banker that was like "we're banks, people NEED us, we'll be around for some time so we're not changing". Talk about conservative.
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While the likes of Square, PayPal, Mobile Network Operators and others might think they can circumvent the current bank and payments infrastructure with the 'cloud' or IP networks, the reality is that the need for auditability, security and cross-border interoperability means that complete circumvention of the banking system isn't going to happen in the next few years.
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Movenbank, Simple, PayPal, Square, Dwolla, BitCoin and others are working at disrupting not the networks or infrastructure, but the friction in the system.
- http://www.finextra.com/community/FullBlog.aspx?blogid=6350
Bitcoin Media: The Brave New World of Mobile Payment
"The recent MobileMoneyAfrica Summit showed impressively just how far ahead Africa is compared to the developed world when it comes to mobile payment. Of necessity, of course: Mobile phones are ubiquitous there, but only a minority of Africans hold a bank account. There are already serious efforts under way to create a truly cashless society. Very predictably, many western companies are rushing in to partake in this market. Most successful so far is Vodafone’s implementation, called M-Pesa."
By Ruediger Koch (anu)
"The recent MobileMoneyAfrica Summit showed impressively just how far ahead Africa is compared to the developed world when it comes to mobile payment. Of necessity, of course: Mobile phones are ubiquitous there, but only a minority of Africans hold a bank account. There are already serious efforts under way to create a truly cashless society. Very predictably, many western companies are rushing in to partake in this market. Most successful so far is Vodafone’s implementation, called M-Pesa."
By Ruediger Koch (anu)
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If some big social network (hmm, who might that be?)
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or a big social network game manufacturer (hmm, and who might that be?)
nfi... someone enlighten me?Valve Games
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If some big social network (hmm, who might that be?)
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or a big social network game manufacturer (hmm, and who might that be?)
nfi... someone enlighten me?
Seems Richard Stallman is not following bitcoin.
Who is he?
If one wishes to learn about RMS a good place to start is http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu.html as it covers the history of the GNU project and Free Software. Another good site is the FSF http://www.fsf.org/
Seems Richard Stallman is not following bitcoin.
Who is he?
RMS? He's the guy who invented root-mean-square, right?
Kind of related, article by bitcoin media about Esquire mag in Russia being fined for covering SilkRoad.
http://bitcoinmedia.com/russian-esquire-magazine-fined-for-writing-about-silk-road/
http://bitcoinmedia.com/russian-esquire-magazine-fined-for-writing-about-silk-road/
Didn't see this one posted, so here it is:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204136404577209241595751130.html
The End of Cash, by David Wolman.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204136404577209241595751130.html
The End of Cash, by David Wolman.
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nfi... someone enlighten me?
SIG_FUNGIBLE
... luv it
Tip: if bitcoin does not do this or something similar then the alt-coin (FunCoin) that does SIG_FUNGIBLE, (blind signing) and merged-mining, will be 'THE ONE' ....
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nfi... someone enlighten me?
Suren Tur, one of the developers of youhavedownloaded.com (which lists any torrents that it was able to identify as being downloaded from your IP address), was recently interviewed by privacy advocate (and bitcoiner) rasengan. Suren resopnded with some very upbeat words about Bitcoin:
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What are your thoughts on bitcoins?
There are two aspects. Scientifically, it’s a very neat algorithm. Kudos to the inventor – the guy (or team) is brilliant. Socially – it’s another great thing. It’s a new, perfect gold. If some big social network (hmm, who might that be?) or a big social network game manufacturer (hmm, and who might that be?) started using bitcoins as in-game currency…Wow. It would create initial demand. It’s hard to predict the outcome. But it will be outrageous for sure. It’s a distributed and corruption-free Federal Reserve. Governments will need new underwear. A lot of new underwear. It seems like the inventors realize where it fits pretty well. The creator has been hiding for a reason. If I were in his shoes, I’d be hiding too
There are two aspects. Scientifically, it’s a very neat algorithm. Kudos to the inventor – the guy (or team) is brilliant. Socially – it’s another great thing. It’s a new, perfect gold. If some big social network (hmm, who might that be?) or a big social network game manufacturer (hmm, and who might that be?) started using bitcoins as in-game currency…Wow. It would create initial demand. It’s hard to predict the outcome. But it will be outrageous for sure. It’s a distributed and corruption-free Federal Reserve. Governments will need new underwear. A lot of new underwear. It seems like the inventors realize where it fits pretty well. The creator has been hiding for a reason. If I were in his shoes, I’d be hiding too
Seems Richard Stallman is not following bitcoin.
Who is he?
Seems Richard Stallman is not following bitcoin.
He makes a good point though. It isn't anonymous, because exchanges can track you, and using it through Tor is annoying.plus Tor isn't fool-proof anonymous
Seems Richard Stallman is not following bitcoin.
He makes a good point though. It isn't anonymous, because exchanges can track you, and using it through Tor is annoying.
Seems Richard Stallman is not following bitcoin.
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