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Re: Show HN: Spread bitcoins by lending to friends

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Dick thing or no, it's just business.

Most ideas containing the word "friend" are not "just business".

Most things containing "money" are. Don't mix business & friendship or you'll lose both. That includes "lending" BTC.

Re: Show HN: Spread bitcoins by lending to friends

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Most ideas containing the word "friend" are not "just business".

Most things containing "money" are. Don't mix business & friendship or you'll lose both. That includes "lending" BTC.

>Most things containing "money" are.

So, donations to charity, "business" or no? For the donor. Obviously for the charity, it is.

>Don't mix business & friendship or you'll lose both

I started a 501(c)(3)-pending nonprofit. My board members are my friends, because I know that they are morally upright, mindful, and therefore will act as a reliable second pair of eyes to keep me from doing something illegal, immoral, or both. For now, it seems like having my friends help me out with this business has strengthened our friendships.

Re: Show HN: Spread bitcoins by lending to friends

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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 :)

If bitcoin succeeds, IMO one "satoshi" (0.000000001 btc) could be worth what one dollar is worth today. So you might just be giving everyone 1 million dollars ;).

I know you are just spit-balling, but that value for a satoshi would put the total value of all 21 million bitcoins at 2.1 quadrillion dollars, which appears to be about 200 times the value of all USD in existence.:)

Re: Show HN: Spread bitcoins by lending to friends

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I don't have a Facebook account, so I can't sign up. I think this is probably true of a lot of Bitcoin users--for a lot of Bitcoin users, Bitcoin is a way to stay off the grid, and being on Facebook would defeat the purpose. My suggestion is to provide a way to sign up without Facebook.

Conversely, this could be a way to bring bitcoin to the attention of people who aren't already in on it.
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