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bdcs
14y ago
Does anyone care to speculate on how payments will be processed? Payment networks seem to be the weak link...
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bdcs
14y ago
Any guesses on how payments will work?
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bdcs
14y ago
Your EUR will be fully insured (upto 100kEUR. Protip: Don't put 100kEUR into BTC). Point 4 is you will have a unique IBAN address to wire money too. Instead of wiring to Bitcoin-Central's bank account number, you will wire money to YOUR acc
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bdcs
14y ago
TL;DR: Bitcoin-Central.net, a French Bitcoin exchange gets many needed protections and features: (1) FDIC-esque insurance to fraud/etc., 100kEUR and 0BTC; (2) Personalized bank account numbers, making transfers easy (IBAN); (3) Segregation
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bdcs
14y ago
Wait, I thought Google was buying T-Mobile! Kidding... I think this is great news for Google. Why? Because unlocked, unsubsidized phones with cheap data are going to be brought to the forefront of the consumer's attention. Consequently, mar
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bdcs
14y ago
If you get ANY signal through, you can use a signal booster, like CelFi: http://cel-fi.com/ . All they need is electricity and a window (to allow decent GPS signal). They're 500$ new, 200-400$ on eBay, and free with T-Mobile subscription