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To: alloysteel
People have tried to educate me, but I just can't get my arms around the concept. Nobody can explain what is the "ore" that's being mined for bitcoins.

You mention carbon credits. In my mind, it seems a bit more like Enron.

18 posted on 01/20/2014 9:14:34 AM PST by grania
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Think of BC as a commodity backed currency: time and computational power.


19 posted on 01/20/2014 9:19:23 AM PST by pingman (In the Land of the Perpetually Outraged, truth is the enemy.)
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To: grania

People have tried to educate me, but I just can’t get my arms around the concept.


NEVER invest in something you don’t understand.


25 posted on 01/20/2014 4:37:52 PM PST by PeterPrinciple
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