<div dir="ltr">On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Brent Allsop <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brent.allsop@canonizer.com" target="_blank">brent.allsop@canonizer.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">
<div><br></div><div style>I think that the most intriguing thing about BitCoin is that it is independent of any and all governments, which makes it a hedge against central banks funny business. If you believe quantitative easing is a bad thing, then buy BitCoins. If I had two cents to rub together, I would. At the moment, I'm not sure how I'll pay rent at the end of the month... :-(</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>As to mining Bitcoins, I think that the current situation is that if you mine them to sell immediately, you won't make much, if any, money. But if you mine them to hold, there could be a significant potential upside.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>What is the group consensus on the central banks issue? Will the central banks continue their bad habits of printing unprecedented amounts of money for the foreseeable future?</div><div style>
<br></div><div style>From Wikipedia...</div><div style><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;line-height:19.19791603088379px">Gresham's law</b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;line-height:19.19791603088379px"> is an </span>economic<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;line-height:19.19791603088379px"> principle that states: "When a government overvalues one type of money and undervalues another, the undervalued money will leave the country or disappear from circulation into hoards, while the overvalued money will flood into circulation."</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;line-height:19.19791603088379px"> It is commonly stated as: "Bad money drives out good".</span><br>
</div><div style><br></div><div style>If Bitcoin is "Good" or "better" than dollars, etc. then it will be hoarded, and only occasionally spent.</div><div style><br></div><div style>However, the unique nature of Bitcoin and the things you can do with it that you can't easily do with other money forms (money laundering, a degree of anonymity, etc.) may help keep some Bitcoins circulating no matter how valuable it appears that they may become some day. There will always be some profit takers who think they see the top of a bubble.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>-Kelly</div><div style><br></div></div></div></div>