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Poll: How many Bitcoins do you own?

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Re: Poll: How many Bitcoins do you own?

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Gave it a go back when namecheap added bitcoin payment just to try it out. I have 2 BTC left in a wallet backup, but I don't have the client installed anymore since I'm not keen on devoting 10 GB disk space to a copy of the blockchain.

Back then they were super easy to get (at least in Japan - feed some cash into an ATM, enter mt gox's account #, enter your username as your depositor name)

Re: Poll: How many Bitcoins do you own?

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The last time my interest was piqued I found it so difficult to buy them in the UK (looked like the best way was to wire some money so someone in France…) that I gave up.

I had exactly the same experience. Kicking myself now as they were $8 each at the time...

Re: Poll: How many Bitcoins do you own?

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The last time my interest was piqued I found it so difficult to buy them in the UK (looked like the best way was to wire some money so someone in France…) that I gave up.

I've been trying to set up an exchange here in the UK, but am facing a lot of what I consider anti competitive behaviour from UK banking. I met Vince Cable to talk about it and hopefully the situation will change in the future:

http://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinUK/comments/1n99os/met_with_v...

Although it's a big mountain to climb so perhaps it's wishful thinking at this stage!

Re: Poll: How many Bitcoins do you own?

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Shouldn’t option 2 be ‘0.00000001-10’ instead of ‘0-10’? As it is stated now, someone with no BTC should vote for option 1 as well as option 2.

Actually, the other options overlap too. I suggest using ‘11-20’, ‘21-50’, ‘51-200’, ‘201-1,000’, and ‘1,001-10,000’.

EDIT: I adjusted option 2 to start with less than 1 but more than zero. Thanks for the correction. I also agree with other commenters that the ‘1-10’ range is too large.

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