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I can't believe it's taken the HN community 3 years to take Bitcoin seriously. Makes me wonder about you guys.
by ionwake 14y ago
I can't believe it's taken the HN community 3 years to take Bitcoin seriously. Makes me wonder about you guys.
- niggler 14y agoits all fun and games until people really start cashing out.
- oleganza 14y agoOr until people realise that many around them already have BTC or ready to accept it as payment. Then who needs dollars?
- tatsuke95 14y agoI think you seriously underestimate the demand and use of dollars.
- knowaveragejoe 14y agoThis. Wordpress, Reddit, even Expensify are but a glimmer of how much trade goes on with dollars in the world.
- oleganza 14y agoI not talking about demand in dollars today. I'm talking about future demand in dollars by those who get understand Bitcoin.
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- gamblor956 14y agoAnyone who wants to pay their taxes...unless they enjoy wasting money on currency conversion fees which frequently exceed 5-10% of the amount converted. Governments already know how to deal with foreign currencies: they simply make you convert your foreign-currency-denominated income into the local currency for purposes of calculating taxable income.
- pdog 14y agoThis comment[1] from two weeks ago is insightful: I am very intrigued by Bitcoin. It has all the signs. Paradigm shift, hackers love it, yet it's derided as a toy. Just like microcomputers. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5402513 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5402513