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I heard of bitcoin forever ago, but I had no inclination to use it as a currency. I'm now using it somewhat frequently. Turns out it's becoming the standard cur
by austenallred 14y ago
I heard of bitcoin forever ago, but I had no inclination to use it as a currency. I'm now using it somewhat frequently. Turns out it's becoming the standard currency in "affiliate marketing" worlds that are... we'll say not quite "white hat."
- jacquesm 14y agoI'm pretty sure that a large part of the bitcoin early adopters market is centered around things that can't quite stand the light of day. But there are plenty of good uses too, have some alpaca socks: http://www.grasshillalpacas.com/alpacaproductsforbitcoinoffer.html http://www.grasshillalpacas.com/alpacaproductsforbitcoinoffe... Most of the businesses accepting bitcoin do so because of the free publicity associated with it, and yet they also re-inforce the trend for bitcoin to become more mainstream. Bitcoin is one of the most fascinating things to happen to the net in years, and even if it fails the amount of interesting data gained is staggering. The ECB had a meeting recently on about this new kid on the block, the outcome was quite interesting: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmatonis/2012/11/03/ecb-roots-of-bitcoin-can-be-found-in-the-austrian-school-of-economics/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmatonis/2012/11/03/ecb-roots-...