Bitcoin press hits, notable sources - page 89.

EU_BTC

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Reuters:
http://blogs.reuters.com/columns/2011/05/27/virtual-bitcoins-are-appealing-but-probably-doomed/

grondilu

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a very famous french tech website:

http://www.01net.com/editorial/533700/bitcoin-la-monnaie-virtuelle-qui-agite-le-web/

This is huge for France as this website is really very famous there.

silversurfer

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http://www.pcworld.com/article/228845/5_unique_ways_to_make_money_online.html

5 Unique Ways to Make Money Online

"Prison guards at a Chinese prison camp are reportedly forcing inmates to smash rocks by day and play World of Warcraft at night. The purpose of the all-night WoW sessions is to obtain virtual gold by completing in-game tasks. The prison bosses then turn around and sell the virtual gold in the real world making as much as $930 a day, according to the Guardian." Shocked

silversurfer

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http://www.technewsdaily.com/bitcoin-virtual-money-aims-to-replace-global-currencies-2729/

BitCoin Virtual Money Aims to Replace Global Currencies

silversurfer

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http://www.stockhouse.com/Community-News/2011/May/27/This-non-fiat-currency-is-up-over-1,000-

This non-fiat currency is up over 1,000%

carbonpenguin

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"Bitcoins and the future of the monetary system" - An interview on Public Radio International.
http://www.pri.org/business/bitcoins-and-the-future-of-the-monetary-system4075.html

M4v3R

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http://webcl.nokiaresearch.com/ - Printing money with WebCL

Nesetalis

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a nod.... from 2010 :p

zef

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a small nod to bitcoins from the famous anarchist blog Lew Rockwell

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/luongo7.1.1.html

WilliamJohnson

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Quote from: zby on May 25, 2011, 02:46:50 PM

Seems that slashdotters are getting pretty irritated with the constant barrage of bitcoin news.

Not all of them Wink

I discovered bitcoin last week thanks to news on Slashdot, so I find those news more interesting than irritating.

theymos

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Quote from: xc on May 25, 2011, 10:23:21 PM

http://www.promotionalcodes.org.uk/26970/what-is-bitcoin/

"What is Bitcoin?" - has a nice infographic

The info on that image is terrible.

proudhon

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From this (http://www.technewsdaily.com/bitcoin-virtual-money-aims-to-replace-global-currencies-2729/):

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"Payment systems in general are very hard to create. Over the last 50 years we've had PayPal, credit cards and not much else succeed. And there's a good reason for that. Unless you really solve a problem you are fighting an uphill battle. I don't see what BitCoin is solving," said Hanson.

Yeah, besides being technically functional without a centralized authority, bitcoin doesn't solve anything. bitcoinsrdumb.

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