I sold all that I had (about 2B) after the Silk Road thing.
Poll: How many Bitcoins do you own?
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#42I sold all that I had (about 2B) after the Silk Road thing.
2 BTC, presumably, not 2B BTC... :-)
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#44A good follow up question for those that have them: How did you acquire them? Currency Exchange, Selling Goods, Selling Services, Mining, etc
Currency exchange, specifically Mt. Gox back when Dwolla still supported them.
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#480 representation here - I do not own any, though that is reflective to my fiscal status currently though have not owned any previously either.
Why I own 0 bitcoins (currently): One aspect I find facinating about bitcoins over normal money is how they can be tracked and every coin can be audited openly down to its creation. Whilst with notes this is possible, tills and other transactions do not note down those serial numbers used and coins have no way at all of being tracked. Both due to the analogue forms of transactions mean that no exact coin or note is tracked and at most the amount is tracked albeit in a form not tied down to the history of said coin or note. Bitcoins are completely different.
Reason that is important is whilst the media etc seem to portray the criminal usage of bitcoins, the whole system is more secure and auditable than any paper notes or metal coins and with that any bad press about criminal usage of bitcoins are more equaly so with other forms of currency due to the very nature of usage.
So one day I may very well get some bitcoins, but finances aside I do see them as dynamic as shares and in many weays less spendable than shares, due to lack of mainstream recognition and acceptance. When you can go into a major bank and get an exchange rate is when some stability gets introduced and the whole dynamic price akin to shares is removed. That is when I will personaly utilise them as a currency of transaction and fiscal storage.
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#490, I like the idea but I still haven't found a single reason to own one.
I don't currently own any. However I did pick up a Raspberry Pi recently, which made me a little interesting in the bit coin thing. I'm curious if a RPi cluster could (slowly) but efficiently (from a power consumption standpoint) mine.
You would pay far more for the electricity consumed.
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#500 representation here - I do not own any, though that is reflective to my fiscal status currently though have not owned any previously either. Why I own 0 bitcoins (currently): One aspect I find facinating about bitcoins over normal money is how they can be tracked and every coin can be audited openly down to its creation. Whilst with notes this is possible, tills and other transactions do not note down those serial…
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