<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><br></div>Hi Gordon,<br><br></div>Yes, I noticed this as very surprising and significant also. Thanks for bringing this up. Some of those articles mentioned:<br><br>"The reserve currency’s issuing nation receives a number of unique
benefits, not the least of which is the ability to borrow money at
significantly lower rates, as has been heavily taken advantage of by the
US."<br><br></div>But it's more than that. As the economy exponentially grows, they must get exponentially more dollars into the system, which is free money for governments to spend. Most of this is done as low interest rates, but central banks also collect interest rate on money it lends, and so on. All free money.<br>
<br></div>China has also been printing lots of money, trying to keep their currency from deflating, despite exporting so much. But it looks like they spend a significant amount of this purchasing USD - again to keep their currency from deflating in comparison. Again, the US benefits from this, as it gets to print and loan more USD, giving it significantly more money to spend, and why we get all the goods china makes. All while China need to try to just spend it's money on more USD.<br>
<br></div>I wouldn't be surprised of all the BRIC countries realize this and jump on this bandwagon. The first ones that do will profit significantly, the more bitcoins in the country, the sooner, the more wealth will move towards that country as inflation kicks into high gear, trying to accommodate everyone else in the world.<br>
<div><br></div><div>So what is everyone's predictions about what the value of a Bitcoin will be in one year? I bet knowing, concisely and quantitatively, what all transhumanists believe would be way more intelligent and accurate than any one of us. I'm thinking the 300% / year prediction being made here is too high:<br>
<br><a href="http://canonizer.com/topic.asp/154/2">http://canonizer.com/topic.asp/154/2</a><br><br></div><div>so thinking of changing that to 100% / year. Anyone else agree? Anyone else think that is moving in the wrong direction? And why has the price been dropping during the last few weeks? What do you all think? If we all put our brains together, that could be thousands of time more intelligent than any one of us. But we can't achieve anything like that unless people are willing to take a minute or two to communicate.<br>
<br></div><div>Brent Allsop<br></div><div><br><br><br><br></div><div><br><br></div><div><br><br><br><div><div><br><br></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 6:19 AM, Gordon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gts_2000@yahoo.com" target="_blank">gts_2000@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><div style="font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif;font-size:12pt">
Most governments around the world should have reason to fear Bitcoin, even if most still do not, but China seems to be different. It appears that the Chinese government might actively be promoting Bitcoin to its citizens, perhaps as part of some larger strategy to undermine the US Dollar as a reserve currency. This is potentially <span style="font-style:italic">huge</span>.</div>
<div><br></div><div>"For the month of January, China ranked seventh amongst downloaders of the software, accounting for just 3.66 percent of downloads. As recently as April, Chinese downloads accounted for 13.15 percent of the total, lagging the US, which downloaded 27 percent of the clients. Things have changed considerably over the last month. From the start of May
until June 4, China soared to the top of the charts, surpassing even the US during that period" </div><div><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16.363636016845703px;background-color:transparent;font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif">
China’s romance with Bitcoin continues<br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16.363636016845703px;background-color:transparent;font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif"><a href="http://www.coindesk.com/chinas-romance-with-bitcoin-continues/" target="_blank">http://www.coindesk.com/chinas-romance-with-bitcoin-continues/</a><br>
</div><div style="background-color:transparent"><br>Bitcoin: The Newest Tool In China’s Currency War Chest<br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16.363636016845703px;background-color:transparent;font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif">
<a href="http://www.thegenesisblock.com/bitcoin-the-newest-tool-in-chinas-currency-war-chest/" target="_blank">http://www.thegenesisblock.com/bitcoin-the-newest-tool-in-chinas-currency-war-chest/</a><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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<br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16.363636016845703px;background-color:transparent;font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif">Gordon</div> </font></span></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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