Cool beginnings of a micro-credit economy for bitcoin.
Show HN: Spread bitcoins by lending to friends
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#12Awesome idea! If you just gotten your first bitcoin, you can immediately put it into good use by purchasing the Humble Bundle now (they accept bitcoins): https://www.humblebundle.com/
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#13Big ups to you guys for launching!!
Two of the guys who built this are my pals. Very dedicated makers - they'll look after you.
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#14Very nice. Definitely one of the better looking Bitcoin services out there.
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#15Big ups to you guys for launching!! Two of the guys who built this are my pals. Very dedicated makers - they'll look after you.
Thanks Paul!!
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#16You should check out http://ripple.com
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#17The 1000 friends minimum thing is hilariously high.
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#18The 1000 friends minimum thing is hilariously high.
Ah! It's a joke (albeit a bad one, by me). The minimum friends limit to join is actually 50.
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#19We started this project at the Bitcoin 2013 Conference Hackathon in May and have been working on it since. The idea is to get people started with Bitcoin easily through friends. I'm close to 100% repayment rate on the loans I've made, though not everyone pays back in cash!
OP here: we are also doing a launch special where every new sign ups will get 0.001 BTC on us.
If you don't own any bitcoins yet, you'll get your first one with BWF :)
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#20You should check out http://ripple.com
People should avoid Ripple. Building an economy under a system that is in hands of one company isn't a very good idea.