Specifically, the economy which has sprung up around the Bitcoin project including goods and services purchasable with bitcoins. Do not use for questions about Bitcoin deflation, etc. as such questions are better tagged "Economics"
Questions tagged [bitcoin-economy]
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What are some ways that the powerful elite can thwart cryptocurrencies?
What are some ways that the powerful elite can thwart cryptocurrencies?
Cryptocurrencies appear to be not susceptible to most forms of power, regulation, or control. Due to their decentralized and anonymous nature, they are often touted as an…
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Metrics to Study the Bitcoin Economy
I'm creating a course on the Bitcoin on Udemy that serves as both an introduction to the bitcoin and also a source to explain how mining and speculation work. I'm working on lecture three which is on the bitcoin economy and I'm wondering what…
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What has caused bitcoin to double in value in the last ten days?
What is the reasoning behind bitcoin's value skyrocketing in the last 10 days? Why the sudden influx of Chinese investors? Does this constitute another bitcoin bubble?
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Why it's not good to the community to hoard bitcoins?
Colin Dean's answer to zcopley's question inspired me to ask this:
While Bitcoin supporters would hope that one would not hold on to Bitcoin as an investment, but rather spend it in order to further the economy...
Can you tell me the rational behind…
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What percentage of Bitcoin use is legitimate?
I wasn't able to find actual data on this. I'm under the impression that
the majority of transactions represent ownership transfer between investors, traders and exchanges
the majority of remaining transactions represent purchases of goods and…
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why did bitcoin suddenly spike?
about 2 months ago the price was at about 140 USD per coin, but a couple days ago I checked and it was well over 1000!
what caused the sudden spike in value and will it continue to grow?
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Long term cost of using cryptocurrencies
I'm not an economist but....
What are some way of determining whether cryptocurrencies will be a cost effective way of trading compared to some established fiat currency like USD?
In other words, might the cost of computing power and other costs…
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Why are people creating so many coins and can all of them sustain?
I wonder why people are creating so many crypto currencies and how many of them may sustain? Can anyone here predict what is going to happen? (Not asking to predict what coins are going to sustain as no one would know answer to that).
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How bitcoins increase their value
Possible Duplicate:
How is the exchange rate for Bitcoin established?
I notice that bitcoins are sold on the market with alternate prices.
How is their price established ?
Who is establishing how much a coin worths ?
Thanks
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What will be the value of a bitcoin if it becomes as common as any other currency?
The bitcoin is around 1000USD today even with very little adoption. I am wondering what its value will be if it becomes as common as other currencies (say USD).
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Is the cryptocurrency Bitcoin a good idea?
http://www.quora.com/Bitcoin/Is-the-cryptocurrency-Bitcoin-a-good-idea/answer/Adam-Cohen-2
As someone who studied Economics before Computer Science, to me this answer raises some very valid points. In order to be widely adopted, Bitcoin needs to…
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