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9. and that's just fine if you're using it to convey value rather than to store it

Wed Oct 8, 2014, 01:08 PM

Oct 2014

Short-term uses to send money may be convenient. Longer term ownership is bubble speculation.

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Overstock.com attempting to democratize Wall Street with Bitcoin? [View all] think Oct 2014 OP

Bitcoin is still around? SheilaT Oct 2014 #1

Only a few times. randome Oct 2014 #2

I seem to recall that when I first read about Bitcoin SheilaT Oct 2014 #4

There was far less inequality then than now Cayenne Oct 2014 #7

While the whole thing with banking and the like SheilaT Oct 2014 #11

Everybody had silver in their pockets Cayenne Oct 2014 #12

all that can be done with bitcoin is, in the end, to speculate paulkienitz Oct 2014 #5

Paypal and Square are integrating Bitcoin Cayenne Oct 2014 #8

Bitcoin = Today's Beanie Babies. n/t LeftinOH Oct 2014 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Cayenne Oct 2014 #10