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nigerweiss comments on Open thread, February 15-28, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: nigerweiss 18 February 2013 10:07:21PM 5 points [-]

The bitcoin market value is predicated mostly upon drug use, pedophilia, nerd paranoia, and rampant amateur speculation. Basically, break out the tea leaves.

Comment author: DaFranker 18 February 2013 10:43:58PM 7 points [-]

drug use, pedophilia, (...), and rampant amateur speculation

Hey, that's almost 2.5% of the world GDP! Can't go wrong with a market this size.

Comment author: Tripitaka 18 February 2013 10:12:05PM 2 points [-]

As of january, the pizza-chain Dominos accepts payment in bitcoins; and as of this week, Kim Dotcoms "Mega" filehosting-service accepts them, too.

Comment author: drethelin 18 February 2013 10:58:21PM 7 points [-]

Dominos does not accept bitcoins. A third party site will order dominos for you, and you pay THEM in bitcoins.

Comment author: nigerweiss 19 February 2013 12:43:26AM 0 points [-]

The baseline inconvenience cost associated with using bitcoins is also really high for conducting normal commerce with them.