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Poll: How many Bitcoin do you own?

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Re: Poll: How many Bitcoin do you own?

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The last time someone did this, they mistakenly used "0-5 BTC" as the lowest cutoff. You've made the same mistake. There should be "0-0.25", "0.25-0.5", "0.5-0.75", "0.75-1", "1-2", "2-3", "3-4", and "4-5". Extra poll options are better because now we've lost valuable information at the low end. In 20 minutes, 65 people say they own 0-5 BTC. That's anywhere from $0 to $1385. That's a massive range. We now have no ide…

If we had a list of all the bitcoin wallet values (even estimated) we could use this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenks_natural_breaks_optimizati...

Re: Poll: How many Bitcoin do you own?

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I own half of a Bitcoin. I purchased about two weeks ago. In the intervening time, the value of Bitcoin has gone up 40%. I can't complain, and I'll probably buy more in the near future. It is somewhat disappointing that they can't be used for anything, though. Without practical applications, Bitcoin is subject to massive volatility and doesn't have any sort of foundation to prevent against collapse of the market. Inc…

Buy some gold or silver if the price of btc gets up to where you want it:

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I fixed up my house with a Lowe's giftcard bought with btc:

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Re: Poll: How many Bitcoin do you own?

#36

Mine are all stuck in MtGox's clutch, I've just about tripled my current investment. I hope it doesn't crash before they give it up.

I'd transfer them over to another exchange and sell them, if I were you. The USD price on Mt. Gox can be considered fake because nobody can get their money out.

Is there a problem with USD withdrawls? It looks like I can transfer to my US bank account right now...and I have never had an issue.
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