This is a great promotional as it will bring more young people to know and use Bitcoin.
I agree. Along those same lines I gave my young nephew a paper wallet loaded with a little bit of BTC for his birthday.
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I agree. Along those same lines I gave my young nephew a paper wallet loaded with a little bit of BTC for his birthday.
This is a great promotional as it will bring more young people to know and use Bitcoin.
I agree. Along those same lines I gave my young nephew a paper wallet loaded with a little bit of BTC for his birthday.
Very cool idea and hopefully something ingenious comes out of this!
http://bitcoin.mit.edu/announcing-the-mit-bitcoin-project/
Wow $100 for free, like the students at MIT need more free money. How about giving it to a homeless shelter instead?
Because charity is unethical - it only serves to legitimize the utterly repugnant system that is capitalism. Wow $100 for free, like the students at MIT need more free money. How about giving it to a homeless shelter instead?
This is a great promotional as it will bring more young people to know and use Bitcoin.
I agree. Along those same lines I gave my young nephew a paper wallet loaded with a little bit of BTC for his birthday.
This is a great promotional as it will bring more young people to know and use Bitcoin.
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He said "a homeless shelter"
You completely changed the topic.
No, that doesn't change my message at all. Giving bitcoin to homeless shelters is not going to spur innovation either. MIT students are far more likely to start some sort of program for the homeless using bitcoin than some overworked shelter which barely has enough manpower to hand out soup and blankets.
You are living in a fantasy world. Give it to the students who will create the innovations in the network that will allow it to serve the homeless population well. Homeless shelters are not really known for technological innovation, in case your dumb ass didn't notice.
You think anymore than maybe 1% or 2%, if even that, on these boards are using it for innovation? No they are no even spening it. They are holding and bullshitting about how rich and eliet they will be someday.
You dumb ass.
The people giving away the bitcoin are giving it to people who are likely to innovate as a result of their "gift"
Odds of an MIT student producing or using a new application or seeking a way to monetize something interesting? Maybe 5%.
Odds of a homeless shelter resident producing or using a new application or seeking a way to monetize something interesting? Maybe 0.0005%.
That's why.
Odds of a homeless shelter resident producing or using a new application or seeking a way to monetize something interesting? Maybe 0.0005%.
That's why.
That plus, in my experience at least, giving money to a homeless person usually results in the purchase of drugs and/or alcohol.
Giving a new kind of money to a college student would likely inspire ideas.
AND drugs... thats at least two things
The only reason the Bitcoin won't be used for drugs is because MIT students can already afford drugs and their dealers probably don't accept Bitcoin.
The notion that smart kids don't do drugs is laughable. Smart kids do the most drugs; they're smart enough to not get caught.
He said "a homeless shelter"
You completely changed the topic.
No, that doesn't change my message at all. Giving bitcoin to homeless shelters is not going to spur innovation either. MIT students are far more likely to start some sort of program for the homeless using bitcoin than some overworked shelter which barely has enough manpower to hand out soup and blankets.
You are living in a fantasy world. Give it to the students who will create the innovations in the network that will allow it to serve the homeless population well. Homeless shelters are not really known for technological innovation, in case your dumb ass didn't notice.
You think anymore than maybe 1% or 2%, if even that, on these boards are using it for innovation? No they are no even spening it. They are holding and bullshitting about how rich and eliet they will be someday.
You dumb ass.
He said "a homeless shelter"
You completely changed the topic.
No, that doesn't change my message at all. Giving bitcoin to homeless shelters is not going to spur innovation either. MIT students are far more likely to start some sort of program for the homeless using bitcoin than some overworked shelter which barely has enough manpower to hand out soup and blankets.
You are living in a fantasy world. Give it to the students who will create the innovations in the network that will allow it to serve the homeless population well. Homeless shelters are not really known for technological innovation, in case your dumb ass didn't notice.
now how would a homeless person use 100$ in bitcoin and also the fact that all of these mit students are going to learn about bitcoin is going to open the eyes to a whole new amount of people and its going to be good for bitcoin overall and hopefully will spread more knowledge as well
yes, bitcoin know how to defend himself in a way that we never expected. indeed he had several times fallen, but he immediately got up and fought again Odds of an MIT student producing or using a new application or seeking a way to monetize something interesting? Maybe 5%.
Odds of a homeless shelter resident producing or using a new application or seeking a way to monetize something interesting? Maybe 0.0005%.
That's why.
Odds of a homeless shelter resident producing or using a new application or seeking a way to monetize something interesting? Maybe 0.0005%.
That's why.
That plus, in my experience at least, giving money to a homeless person usually results in the purchase of drugs and/or alcohol.
Giving a new kind of money to a college student would likely inspire ideas.
AND drugs... thats at least two things
The only reason the Bitcoin won't be used for drugs is because MIT students can already afford drugs and their dealers probably don't accept Bitcoin.
The notion that smart kids don't do drugs is laughable. Smart kids do the most drugs; they're smart enough to not get caught.
http://bitcoin.mit.edu/announcing-the-mit-bitcoin-project/
Wow $100 for free, like the students at MIT need more free money. How about giving it to a homeless shelter instead?
Wow $100 for free, like the students at MIT need more free money. How about giving it to a homeless shelter instead?
I know you mean well, but you do not understand what you say. In order for BTC to ever help anybody, it needs to first be adopted by people who will actively develop it as a useful tool. Sorry, but that excludes every homeless person I have ever known.
He said "a homeless shelter"
You completely changed the topic.
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http://bitcoin.mit.edu/announcing-the-mit-bitcoin-project/
Wow $100 for free, like the students at MIT need more free money. How about giving it to a homeless shelter instead?
Wow $100 for free, like the students at MIT need more free money. How about giving it to a homeless shelter instead?
I know you mean well, but you do not understand what you say. In order for BTC to ever help anybody, it needs to first be adopted by people who will actively develop it as a useful tool. Sorry, but that excludes every homeless person I have ever known. I am sure you could hunt down one or two homeless people who would actually start some sort of business or organization based on bitcoin if you gave them $100 of it, but personally, I would bet on the student having a better chance at helping to grow the network.
Where could a homeless person even spend it? Seriously, you would not be helping anybody at all if you did that, and, in fact, you would ultimately be hurting the bitcoin network growth and indirectly harming the homeless people by stymieing any sort of benefits that bitcoin might have ever been able to give towards wealth equality.
Give the homeless person $100 if you want, but don't do it in bitcoin. We aren't even close to the point in time where that would be helpful for anybody except to make you feel better about yourself.
EDIT: one person will be contributing to society while the other will be draining society
http://bitcoin.mit.edu/announcing-the-mit-bitcoin-project/
Wow $100 for free, like the students at MIT need more free money. How about giving it to a homeless shelter instead?
Wow $100 for free, like the students at MIT need more free money. How about giving it to a homeless shelter instead?
I know you mean well, but you do not understand what you say. In order for BTC to ever help anybody, it needs to first be adopted by people who will actively develop it as a useful tool. Sorry, but that excludes every homeless person I have ever known. I am sure you could hunt down one or two homeless people who would actually start some sort of business or organization based on bitcoin if you gave them $100 of it, but personally, I would bet on the student having a better chance at helping to grow the network.
Where could a homeless person even spend it? Seriously, you would not be helping anybody at all if you did that, and, in fact, you would ultimately be hurting the bitcoin network growth and indirectly harming the homeless people by stymieing any sort of benefits that bitcoin might have ever been able to give towards wealth equality.
Give the homeless person $100 if you want, but don't do it in bitcoin. We aren't even close to the point in time where that would be helpful for anybody except to make you feel better about yourself.
Odds of an MIT student producing or using a new application or seeking a way to monetize something interesting? Maybe 5%.
Odds of a homeless shelter resident producing or using a new application or seeking a way to monetize something interesting? Maybe 0.0005%.
That's why.
Odds of a homeless shelter resident producing or using a new application or seeking a way to monetize something interesting? Maybe 0.0005%.
That's why.
That plus, in my experience at least, giving money to a homeless person usually results in the purchase of drugs and/or alcohol.
Giving a new kind of money to a college student would likely inspire ideas.
AND drugs... thats at least two things
hacks brainstorm ...
who knows 10 years from now, it could be a world of bitcoins
Odds of an MIT student producing or using a new application or seeking a way to monetize something interesting? Maybe 5%.
Odds of a homeless shelter resident producing or using a new application or seeking a way to monetize something interesting? Maybe 0.0005%.
That's why.
Odds of a homeless shelter resident producing or using a new application or seeking a way to monetize something interesting? Maybe 0.0005%.
That's why.
That plus, in my experience at least, giving money to a homeless person usually results in the purchase of drugs and/or alcohol.
Giving a new kind of money to a college student would likely inspire ideas.
AND drugs... thats at least two things
This is fantastic. Putting it in people's hands and letting them play with it is a great to get people--the smartest people in our country--interested.
Yes. Right now we should focus on popularizing Bitcoins among the tech savvy population. Storage of Bitcoins and other stuff are a bit complex for the non-tech savvy population currently.
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