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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Juan Blanco, post: 1676747, member: 41665&quot;]DEFINITELY a Cyprus related &quot;bubble&quot; :</p><p><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2013/03/28/investing/bitcoin-cyprus/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://money.cnn.com/2013/03/28/investing/bitcoin-cyprus/" rel="nofollow">http://money.cnn.com/2013/03/28/investing/bitcoin-cyprus/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The alternative to Failing Paper will be <i>not Gold</i>... but Virtual BitCoins?</p><p><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57576928-93/bitcoin-hits-record-exchange-values-with-cyprus-banking-crisis/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57576928-93/bitcoin-hits-record-exchange-values-with-cyprus-banking-crisis/" rel="nofollow">http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57576928-93/bitcoin-hits-record-exchange-values-with-cyprus-banking-crisis/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Nice summary here; I hadn&#039;t thought of the &#039;global alternative to pricey PayPal&#039; angle (for companies hiring virtual peons in lots of different countries.) <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-03-29/expensify-brings-bitcoin-to-main-street" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-03-29/expensify-brings-bitcoin-to-main-street" rel="nofollow"></a></p><p><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-03-29/expensify-brings-bitcoin-to-main-street" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-03-29/expensify-brings-bitcoin-to-main-street" rel="nofollow">http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-03-29/expensify-brings-bitcoin-to-main-street</a></p><p><br /></p><p>A billion dollar market? Hot with startups, too: &quot;Reddit has jumped on the bandwagon, too, along with WordPress and Namecheap, among others&quot; and Boost VC is prepping seminars, hmmmm....</p><p><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/28/bitcoin-how-an-unregulated-decentralized-virtual-currency-just-became-a-billion-dollar-market/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/28/bitcoin-how-an-unregulated-decentralized-virtual-currency-just-became-a-billion-dollar-market/" rel="nofollow">http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/28/bitcoin-how-an-unregulated-decentralized-virtual-currency-just-became-a-billion-dollar-market/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>All&#039;s not perfect though - the Fed&#039;s black ops can still order a DDoS attack if they want... </p><p><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2032420/major-bitcoin-exchange-slammed-with-denial-of-service-attack-as-the-currency-surges.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2032420/major-bitcoin-exchange-slammed-with-denial-of-service-attack-as-the-currency-surges.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcworld.com/article/2032420/major-bitcoin-exchange-slammed-with-denial-of-service-attack-as-the-currency-surges.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Dwolla seems to be one of the leading US e-transfer services: cheap!</p><p><a href="https://www.dwolla.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.dwolla.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.dwolla.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are other &#039;BitCoin to USD&#039; options in the USA w/ fee schedule:</p><p><a href="https://www.bitinstant.com/fees" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bitinstant.com/fees" rel="nofollow">https://www.bitinstant.com/fees</a></p><p><a href="https://coinbase.com/merchants" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinbase.com/merchants" rel="nofollow">https://coinbase.com/merchants</a></p><p><br /></p><p>BitCoin is waaaaaay more radical than NorFeds - and practical for our needs, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, a few:</p><p><a href="http://bitcoincoffee.com/index.php?route=product/category&amp;path=59" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://bitcoincoffee.com/index.php?route=product/category&amp;path=59" rel="nofollow">http://bitcoincoffee.com/index.php?route=product/category&amp;path=59</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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