[hackerspaces] bitcoin

[Christopher Pilkington]

On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 5:30 AM, Koen Martens <gmc at sonologic.nl> wrote:
>> Interesting tidbits from other places: if you'd bought $100 USD worth of
>> bitcoins 8 months ago, you could sell them for $14100 USD now.
>
> Would anyone buy $14100 worth of bitcoins though? :)

I'm curious how these exchange rates are being determined.  Is there a
public exchange where I can see asks, bids and sale prices of each
transaction?  If not, this is not a viable currency.

-cjp