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1 posted on 01/17/2014 4:39:55 AM PST by Errant
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2 posted on 01/17/2014 4:40:49 AM PST by Errant (Surround yourself with intelligent and industrious people who help and support each other.)
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To: Errant

OK I have a general question about this.

How is it determined who owns a bitcoin. Isn’t it just a digital number? Why couldn’t bunches of copies be made? Is there some central registry?

I guess I just don’t understand the whole bitcoin thing


3 posted on 01/17/2014 4:47:41 AM PST by John O (God Save America (Please))
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To: Errant

Our greedy government needs cash, so this is no surprise. It’s just about killed the private sect,r and it has millions of votes to buy.


5 posted on 01/17/2014 5:00:35 AM PST by txrefugee
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To: Errant

Is this tacit approval of Bitcoin on the governments part?


8 posted on 01/17/2014 5:25:44 AM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (This is not just stupid, we're talking Democrat stupid here.)
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To: Errant

For once I hope that everybody involved in Bitcoins drives their price down so low just prior to this sale that the USG holdings aren’t worth enough to buy an overcooked discount hotdog after a football game is over. Then once the sale is made, return Bitcoins to their former value.


9 posted on 01/17/2014 5:31:53 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (There Is Still A Very Hot War On Terror, Just Not On The MSM. Rantburg.com)
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“US Government Announces it Will Sell $25m Worth of Silk Road Bitcoins”

I assume the writer means $25MM (twenty-five million) rather than $25M (twenty-five thousand).

I’m increasingly seeing careless writers use M for MM in stories.


10 posted on 01/17/2014 5:41:55 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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