something that is not directly useful (like a commodity) but which can be used as a medium of exchange or a store of value. Essentially, money.
Questions tagged [currencies]
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Can I use Bitcoins in a game?
In many games, such as Lord Of Ultima, players can purchase a special type of currency with real money, as opposed to earning it in a game. This currency is then used to purchase premium items and services, which normally are unavailable to the…
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What is the point of Feathercoin
The amount of bitcoin-like crypto currencies overwhelms me.
Just few minutes ago I came across FeatherCoin
The problem is that the information on the official site is scarce and the only thing I was able to understand is that the difference from…
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If Bitcoin is ratified as a currency would its code be BTC?
At present it seems that the de facto code for bitcoins seems to be BTC. There has been some discussion of this over on the forums and an entry on Wikipedia, but I thought I'd ask the question here to arrive at an easily recognised community…
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How can I convert Bitcoins for withdrawal to PLN
For years we've been paying exorbitant fees just to transfer our own hard-earned money from one country to another. I'm in Poland at the moment and find I need to transfer funds from my US checking account to a local one (mBank) regularly to pay…
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What are the key features of eMunie, a crypto-currency that's not a Bitcoin fork?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=220530.0
The ANN is not super clear. From what I understand, the supposed key features are:
Immunity to 51% attack
"protection against hoarding" ??? (someone please explain this)
A built-in messaging…
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Is stack overflow reputation actually a Cryptocurrency?
In a way, it is already a currency since I can offer a bounty for my question.
So is it correct to call reputation points from StackExchange a Cryptocurrency?
If not, then why?
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Comparison of different active cryptocurrencies
I haven't realized until recently how many different crypto-currencies have emerged the last years; coinmarketcap.com lists around 60 of them* and it seems that it isn't even a complete list (for example allahcoin that I've read about recently at HN…
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Does Bitcoin have inherent value if you can fork the project and create a new cryptocurrency easily?
I like Bitcoin and I like the ideas to create a limited number of bitcoins. However, I see a lot of new crypto-currencies. It seems anyone could fork bitcoin, change something in the algorithm, and release a new crypto-currency.
So I'm afraid that…
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Will bitcoin's value be affected by other digital currencies?
There are many different digital currencies being released now, following in the footsteps of bitcoin and trying to improve upon it. Will these currencies, by giving consumers more options, reduce demand for bitcoin and decrease or limit the…
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How can Bitcoin work with Ven?
Bitcoin and Ven seem to have very different properties, so are there any complementary ways for them to interact? Maybe with Ven acting as a universal fiat representative?
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What is needed for Bitcoin to become the reserve currency of the world?
Bitcoin's characteristics seem to make it a prime candidate as a reserve currency, given it has fast transactions to anywhere in the world at a low cost with little to no price manipulation or export/import controls.
Imagine a traveller arriving in…
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In the end, will there be only one?
Highlander pun aside, will one cryptocurrency vastly dominate the rest in the future? Will it be a handful? Will each government come up with their own cryptocurrency?
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Cryptocurrency with support for a shared wallet
Consider a scenario where 5 cryptocurrency holders wish to create a partnership. All of them add an amount of money into a wallet to finance an idea. The wallet is shared between all of the partners to view and deposit into, but in order to…
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Is there any reasonable way to short-sell Bitcoin
It is not an official currency (yet?) but definitely has a market, and as such, I might be intrested in short-selling some. Are there any reliable, way to bet against it?
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Is Bitcoin a fiat currency?
I often encounter articles where we talk about bitcoin being a fiat currency. What is a fiat money and what is it that bitcoin as to be considered a fiat money.
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