[hackerspaces] bitcoin

[The Doctor]

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On 05/29/2011 05:30 AM, Koen Martens wrote:

> Would anyone buy $14100 worth of bitcoins though? :)

Maybe.


> What still puzzles me, wtf can i do with bitcoins??

Two lists of several of services and organizations that accept bitcoins:

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Trade

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Donation-accepting_organizations_and_projects

> And also, it seems that if you haven't generated bitcoins months ago, you're
> pretty much doomed. Unless you invest thousands of euro's in GPU's, which I'm

I think I have to agree with you.  There are a few services that
exchange other currencies for Bitcoins but they're beginning to get
scarce.  Paypal's been shutting down accounts of people who are doing
that.  There are a few people who are willing to exchange cash in the
mail for Bitcoins, but I don't know if any of them can be trusted (I
haven't used them and haven't heard enough stories about it to say one
way or another).

> not really prepared to do :) I hear people saying they have machines crunching
> away for weeks and haven't found a single bitcoin. Anyway, i'll read up on the

Weeks?  Months.  On one box, nearly a year.

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