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Is it possible to use the Bitcoin technology as a reputation system for sales?
Imagine a marketplace where all nominal money prices are the same for products (for tax purposes), but you gain and lose "reputation" in the form of a Bitcoin style transaction.
Case 1: Those who have provided the most value in actual wealth (goods…
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Can the Government step in, to ban bitcoins?
The price of bitcoins increase with demand. Demand increases because people can spend the bitcoins. I think the price of bitcoins started as a drug money. The main advantage of bitcoins is that the sender or buyer is anonymous.
However that does not…
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Could the US government print crypto of its own?
I get very tired of having to walk cash and checks over to my credit union. Why shouldn’t I be able to spend money online without a debit card or an intermediary like PayPal?
An anonymous sort of Bitcoin backed by the US government seems like a good…
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Can government agencies trace if I mine bitcoin?
I live in a country where the government has strict rules against using bitcoin. in fact, they are trying to find out the citizens who are related to bitcoin. I was just wondering if they can catch me if I just mine bitcoin without doing any…
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Are decentralized currencies absolutely critical
If Ripple is not really decentralized and yet obviously effective, quickly adapted to use and successful, should it matter? Does it not give more certainty and security in use especially with new currencies and ICO's set to launch? I am quite new…
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