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by spenvo 15y ago
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Second experiment (CERN) upholds neutrinos' speed observation (OPERA)(wired.com)
2 points by spenvo 15y ago|0 comments
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by spenvo 15y ago
My startup, Photochrome, has benefited from its page on FB, yes. But Facebook is not doing all that it can to open Pages to its users because revenue is derived from the buffer inherent in a closed system. Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of
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by spenvo 15y ago
How did this not get more attention? It's a pretty huge boon to the liquidity of Bitcoin.
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by spenvo 15y ago
The flash sale broke the price resistance chart: http://mtgoxlive.com/orders
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by spenvo 15y ago
Except that as soon as this becomes conversational wisdom the market has reacted. The moment for a land grab pitch has passed. Let's be real and make some money.
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by spenvo 15y ago
Ben Rooney was wrong. At the time the article was published, BTC was trading for ~$30 not ~$15. Also, here is a site that uses web sockets to provide real time order info and price resistances: http://mtgoxlive.com/orders
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Talking software patents.
1 points by spenvo 15y ago|0 comments
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by spenvo 15y ago
If there's no safe harbor for legitimate businesses, then it makes sense Russia would be one of the world's leaders in cyber-crime.
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by spenvo 15y ago
No offense intended here. I think most HN-ers know what Bitcoin is at this point. I find Bitcoin fascinating, but where is the analysis, insight or interesting narrative here?
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Now accepting Bitcoin, Active Grade's startup story(bitcoinbulletin.com)
1 points by spenvo 15y ago|0 comments
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by spenvo 15y ago
I wrote this but had no intention of submitting it here. As a Bitcoin blogger, I feel cramped knowing that there's a good chance anything I write will be posted to HN.
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by spenvo 15y ago
This is a good point and is one of a large number of challenges BTC faces. Right now, a small transaction fee ensures that your transaction will be processed quickly. This distributes the cost of validating the transaction. Eventually, w
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Bitcoin money ≠ the Gold Standard.(bitcoinbulletin.com)
84 points by spenvo 15y ago|104 comments
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by spenvo 16y ago
Why would the exchange price spike when there have been so many challenges to BTC's liquidity today? It's already inflated per the CNN mention from this morning, and the majority of BTC holders are speculators who will want to cash out. (T
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by spenvo 16y ago
I chose to focus on his last point: "CoinCard will be easier to bring back, minus PayPal payments. ... A possible PayPal freeze was one reason I focused on "gift cards" rather than PayPal exclusively. This whole situation has reminded me
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by spenvo 16y ago
Depending on your level of interest, a Yale Law student published a 40+ page paper on Bitcoin. It is a preliminary draft at this point. http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=6247.0
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by spenvo 16y ago
He's seeking feedback on his draft. His forum post can be found here: http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=6247.0 Edit: He has pointed out issues that he will flesh out in the next version of the paper in the forum thread^. [He p
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Yale Law student takes a look at Bitcoin (draft of legal paper)(papers.ssrn.com)
60 points by spenvo 16y ago|12 comments
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by spenvo 16y ago
Although I'm not sure if there is a revenue model behind this game aside from PR for their company, using the internet's landscape for a gaming environment definitely has a quirky upside for click through referrals.
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by spenvo 16y ago
I love the hell out of the GUI and I'm a tapbot fan. However, I've found myself swiping for conversations only to find there were none. It's especially true of high volume tweeters like @acarvin because it splits the conversation up. Poss
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by spenvo 16y ago
Excellent points. I'll confirm your assumption about BTC's volatility: a single sell-off of ~10k last week took 25% of BTC's value with it. The limited purchasing power of the BTC economy has hindered economic development, but that is to
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by spenvo 16y ago
Sorry that a single Bitcoin link each three days exhausts you. It's been two weeks since my last blog post or submission here. You know why? Because it takes two weeks to put together anything worth reading. The fact that Gavin was asked
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Bitcoin.org's Gavin Andresen on Open Source and Escrow(bitcoinbulletin.com)
28 points by spenvo 16y ago|20 comments
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by spenvo 16y ago
The Microsoft-Nokia deal has yet to have an effect on the marketplace. Nokia will take WP7 international, and that will be bigger than the Verizon iPhone.
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Natebook's landing page(natebook.com)
1 points by spenvo 16y ago|0 comments
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by spenvo 16y ago
(Despite just being a good joke) there's something to be said about the link between success and product familiarity/likeness. The "success" being that it got all of our attention (300+ votes on HN). It's more than just a cheap trick; comp
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by spenvo 16y ago
Given the ease of BTC as an electronic currency, there are not too many unique services. BTCSportsbet is cool and CoinPal allows you to buy giftcards, etc. but nothing ground breaking. Witcoin is interesting/unique because it operates in t
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by spenvo 16y ago
I had similar misgivings/feelings while using the product. However: Two observations: 1.) they did include user-selected charities lately in their distribution of "upvote" profits; 2.) The point is less about making money, more about adve
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by spenvo 16y ago
It may not work. It's still too early to tell. If you look at other content sites that have tried to pay out to contributors (think Mahalo), their models didn't work either. Huffington post finds more success by paying nothing.

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