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Bitcoin reaches an all-time trading high of over $33

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Re: Bitcoin reaches an all-time trading high of over $33

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post #149

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To be fair, capitalizing "Wallet" makes it pretty confusing. If someone said "You need a Mac + Mail app", I would assume they meant the OSX mail app and not just a general e-mail client.

Sorry, I'm German -> used to capitalize nouns. Yes, I meant https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.schildbach....

Sorry, I should have double-checked before answering. Disregard my comment then :)

Re: Bitcoin reaches an all-time trading high of over $33

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You speak of this as though it is a inherently bad thing to have centralized control. I'm as techno-libertarian as the next HN user, but I know that when the market riegns completely free there is a non-trivial chance that boons can swiftly turn into depressions. There is a reason the Greek government will impose draconian currency controls. It is for the benefit of the Greek people, so their savings accounts will on…

For sure, the Argentinian Government measures are not for the benefit of the Argentinian people.

Please enlighten me. I know the story of how Argentina wound up in the situation of needing to prop up their currency. It's an old story, the same as Greece's except for the ending which is uncertain. The government went into massive debt mostly for public works projects (yes, for the people of Argentina), but when the debt came due, the people of Argentina voted to default. Now all future governments have to try to clean up this mess. Is there corruption? Absolutely. But that is only tangential to the real problem.

1) http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/10/14/141365144/friday-p...

2) http://www.economist.com/blogs/americasview/2011/11/argentin...

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