[ExI] Bitcoin

[Mirco Romanato]

Il 05/04/2013 20:58, spike ha scritto:
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> [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Mirco Romanato
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>> ...The point is "Why implement and accept any alternative digital currency
> over Bitcoin?"
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>> ...I could see the advantage to have two or three digital currencies with
> different features, just for the sake to have not all the eggs in the same
> place.  Mirco
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> Ja.  Recall the ideas futures markets.  There were several of them, but my
> favorite was InTrade.  This one shut down recently, apparently as a result
> of wrongdoing somewhere within the system.  In a vaguely analogous manner,
> we face risk of insider theft in any digital currency.


There is a Bitcoin version of InTrade
http://betsofbitco.in/

Anyway, the concept is as there could be any number of word processors,
spreadsheet, databases, but in reality the number really used is limited
and the number of the most popular is very small.

At the end, no one want be bothered by the management of N different
currencies, every one with a different ruleset.

Mirco