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1 posted on 01/18/2018 9:01:53 AM PST by bananaman22
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North Korea?......................


2 posted on 01/18/2018 9:02:59 AM PST by Red Badger (Wanna surprise? Google your own name. Wanna have fun? Google your friends names......)
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Are the adults who were recorded chasing the Pokemons at night in 2016 the type that will invest in BitCoin?


5 posted on 01/18/2018 9:06:54 AM PST by VietVet876
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I figure Bitcoin will be virtually (pun intended) worthless within next year or two. It has no legitimacy and used used to evade tax laws, launder drug and illegal profits, fund terrorism, etc. Get rid of it and other similar schemes. Want meaningful, international, currency? Use the good old U.S. dollar. Make America Great Again means re-establishing the value of the American dollar, not continuing Obama’s effort to undermine it.


6 posted on 01/18/2018 9:09:12 AM PST by Reno89519 (PRESIDENT TRUMP, KEEP YOUR PROMISES! NO AMNESTY AND BUILD THAT WALL.)
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The total number of bitcoin is finite. What percentage has already been mined?


7 posted on 01/18/2018 9:11:52 AM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Wisdom and education are different things. Don't confuse them.)
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First reported on Reuters, the People’s Bank of China outlined a plan behind closed doors aiming to curb the high energy consumption associated with bitcoin mining in the country.

Sometime in the not-to-distant future, there will be some interesting historical articles on the cryptocurrency craze. Real electrical energy requires mining of actual coal or real dams to produce that energy. Then this real resource is consumed to "mine", thru an algorithm, virtual bits representing a "currency". It is transforming something real into something intangible. Weird.

11 posted on 01/18/2018 9:35:59 AM PST by Flick Lives (https://goo.gl/GxGKQh)
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Nonsense.
The world’s largest bitcoin mine is under the streets of Cincinnati.

87% of bitcoins are mined there. The ore is pulled out of the sloping mine shafts in little mine cars with big chains and counterweight concrete blocks. These are called blockchains.

The bitcoin ore is stored in covered piles alongside leftover tulip bulbs from the 1630’s.

There are thought to be large unexplored bitcoin reserves under the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve, but their mining is being blocked by environmentalist groups.


12 posted on 01/18/2018 9:37:35 AM PST by oldbill
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Bitcoin is electronic. "mining" is a metaphor. It's not really mining! It's done at a computer.
15 posted on 01/18/2018 10:44:29 AM PST by I want the USA back (Lying Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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