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Comment negative about scams, silly stories and QR codes being bad - check
Deeply cynical comment - "They were probably donating for their own gain" - check
Skeptical comment that this isn't true - check
You're a cynical, negative bunch of pissants these days, HN.
Story about Bitcoin being a good thing on Hacker News. Cue negativity: Comment negative about scams, silly stories and QR codes being bad - check Deeply cynical comment - "They were probably donating for their own gain" - check Skeptical comment that this isn't true - check You're a cynical, negative bunch of pissants these days, HN.
PS. Bitcoin FTW.
What's different in the USA? What extra info are you handing out by giving your account number beyond "this is a 'bank address' that you can use to send me money"?
As a confused Belgian, what is meant by "Unlike traditional bank accounts, where you would never share your account number on national television, Bitcoin public addresses are secure"? Giving out your account number in Belgium is pretty secure, nobody can do anything with it beyond putting money on it. What's different in the USA? What extra info are you handing out by giving your account number beyond "this is a 'ba…
As a confused Belgian, what is meant by "Unlike traditional bank accounts, where you would never share your account number on national television, Bitcoin public addresses are secure"? Giving out your account number in Belgium is pretty secure, nobody can do anything with it beyond putting money on it. What's different in the USA? What extra info are you handing out by giving your account number beyond "this is a 'ba…
As a confused Belgian, what is meant by "Unlike traditional bank accounts, where you would never share your account number on national television, Bitcoin public addresses are secure"? Giving out your account number in Belgium is pretty secure, nobody can do anything with it beyond putting money on it. What's different in the USA? What extra info are you handing out by giving your account number beyond "this is a 'ba…
If you have a bank account number and the routing number for the bank, you can place a "demand draft." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demand_draft
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1HiMoM... wonder how long he waited to try and get that as 1HiMom... before giving up
He certainly used Vanitygen https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Vanitygen
http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1rs2zf/on_college_g...
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That is the implication. He got sent very large sums of Bitcoin, you would expect that he'd just get a bunch of small ones, but he got 2-3 large ones ($5,000 a piece).
Maybe from people who didn't realise how much they are worth?
Story about Bitcoin being a good thing on Hacker News. Cue negativity: Comment negative about scams, silly stories and QR codes being bad - check Deeply cynical comment - "They were probably donating for their own gain" - check Skeptical comment that this isn't true - check You're a cynical, negative bunch of pissants these days, HN.
As a confused Belgian, what is meant by "Unlike traditional bank accounts, where you would never share your account number on national television, Bitcoin public addresses are secure"? Giving out your account number in Belgium is pretty secure, nobody can do anything with it beyond putting money on it. What's different in the USA? What extra info are you handing out by giving your account number beyond "this is a 'ba…
The German equivalent is called ELV/Lastschrift and allows you to retrieve money from a bank account, but the owner can revoke that within a few weeks.