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Bitcoin buzz stays high --- even after bubble
Posted on 5/12/13 at 8:55 pm
Posted on 5/12/13 at 8:55 pm
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Bitcoin lost more than half its value last month but there’s more interest in the cyber-currency than ever. While Bitcoin stories used to be restricted to tech and science sites, they’re now a fixture of the financial press and even consumer news sites. Last week, for instance, brought a fresh spate of news that suggest more people are treating Bitcoin as a serious form of money rather than a science fiction experiment.
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Posted on 5/12/13 at 9:04 pm to gizmoflak
dude, I go to Maui for a week and the btc haters double down on their stupity. there were some seriously dumb posts last week make by vols, poodle, Russian, and the rest of the gang
Posted on 5/12/13 at 9:06 pm to WikiTiger
When wiki is away, the mice will play
Posted on 5/12/13 at 9:08 pm to gizmoflak
BTW, I was drowning in haterade while you were gone. The best thread of all (Broke's) even got whacked
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Let's have a vote on the success of bitcoin @ TigerDroppings.com
www.tigerdroppings.com/.../Lets-have-a-vote-on-the-success-of-bitcoin.asp...
4 days ago - 15 posts - 8 authors
Upvote if you think it's going to work. Downvote if you think it will fail. Simple as that. Let the voting begin.
This post was edited on 5/12/13 at 9:10 pm
Posted on 5/12/13 at 9:11 pm to gizmoflak
quote:
When wiki is away, the mice will play
Philosoraptor question for you:
If bitcoin enabled my trip to Maui, did I not actually go to Maui since according to many posters here bitcoin isn't real???
Posted on 5/12/13 at 9:14 pm to WikiTiger
quote:
their stupity
I can't make this up!
Posted on 5/12/13 at 9:21 pm to WikiTiger
How did bitcoin enable your trip to Maui? No legitimate businesses accept bitcoin you strange turd.
Posted on 5/12/13 at 9:26 pm to LSURussian
quote:
I can't make this up!
You can't make up typos?
I don't get it.
Posted on 5/12/13 at 11:01 pm to WikiTiger
quote:
If bitcoin enabled my trip to Maui, did I not actually go to Maui since according to many posters here bitcoin isn't real???
Under your assumption, bitcoin itself did not enable your trip. Your ability to not be the last one holding the beanie baby did.
Posted on 5/12/13 at 11:08 pm to gizmoflak
Bitcoin is a collectible. It has no intrinsic value. Today somebody may pay you $100....tomorrow you won't be able to give them away. You might as well be trading stamps.
Trade away and good luck! Just get the hell out asap when the dam starts to break.
Trade away and good luck! Just get the hell out asap when the dam starts to break.
Posted on 5/12/13 at 11:17 pm to SquatchDawg
quote:
It has no intrinsic value
Yes! This critique has made a comeback
Posted on 5/12/13 at 11:49 pm to WikiTiger
quote:
Philosoraptor question for you:
If bitcoin enabled my trip to Maui, did I not actually go to Maui since according to many posters here bitcoin isn't real???
If your airlines, hotelier and any restaurants accepted bitcoin as their method of payment, I'll have to concede that, yes, that is indeed a game changer.
Otherwise, it's more accurate to say that your speculation in bitcoin allowed you to cash out enough dollars to fund your trip.
So, ironically, you're not much of a believer right now, either. Otherwise, you wouldn't be so cavalier about parting with your coins.
Posted on 5/12/13 at 11:51 pm to Walking the Earth
False dichotomy.
Posted on 5/12/13 at 11:54 pm to joshnorris14
Not really. Bitcoin is a speculative investment, not a currency despite the fact that some (mostly gray) operations accept as a currency.
He didn't pay for his trip with bitcoin. He paid for it with dollars.
He didn't pay for his trip with bitcoin. He paid for it with dollars.
Posted on 5/13/13 at 12:13 am to Walking the Earth
quote:
He didn't pay for his trip with bitcoin. He paid for it with dollars.
How do you know?
Like I said, what you posted was a false dichotomy. He could've used a proxy service.
Posted on 5/13/13 at 12:36 am to joshnorris14
If you think his airline or hotel got paid in bitcoins, there's really no reason to continue this. 
He traded his bitcoins (somehow, someway) into dollars and that's what all of these people were paid.
The Hyatt didn't get 4.2 bitcoins credited to their account. Simple. The End.
And, please keep in mind, that I even concede that at some point in the future (after surmounting a ton of hurdles) that bitcoin or some other alternate currency could possibly even go (relatively) mainstream. But this borderline evangelical insistence that you have that it's the case right now is just flat out wrong.
He traded his bitcoins (somehow, someway) into dollars and that's what all of these people were paid.
The Hyatt didn't get 4.2 bitcoins credited to their account. Simple. The End.
And, please keep in mind, that I even concede that at some point in the future (after surmounting a ton of hurdles) that bitcoin or some other alternate currency could possibly even go (relatively) mainstream. But this borderline evangelical insistence that you have that it's the case right now is just flat out wrong.
Posted on 5/13/13 at 7:30 am to joshnorris14
quote:Wrong.
False dichotomy.
Posted on 5/13/13 at 7:49 am to joshnorris14
quote:
False dichotomy.
False.
Think before you click "Submit".
Posted on 5/13/13 at 7:54 am to joshnorris14
quote:
Like I said, what you posted was a false dichotomy. He could've used a proxy service.
Which means he didn't pay in bitcoin. And I'm pretty sure I already destroyed the validity of your proxy services.
Posted on 5/13/13 at 8:07 am to WikiTiger
quote:Explain how Bitcoin enabled your trip to Maui. I'd be willing to bet there were some Dutch people who were enabled to make substantial purchases by tulips. How are you any different than them?
If bitcoin enabled my trip to Maui, did I not actually go to Maui since according to many posters here bitcoin isn't real???
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