> On 2017/Sep/22, at 12:28 PM, Jim Birch wrote:
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> On 22 September 2017 at 10:53, Kim Holburn wrote:
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>> I'm not sure this is the case. The rising value of bitcoin has pretty
>> much matched its uses in China as a way for Chinese to get around
>> government restrictions on moving RMB to
On 22 September 2017 at 10:53, Kim Holburn wrote:
> I'm not sure this is the case. The rising value of bitcoin has pretty
> much matched its uses in China as a way for Chinese to get around
> government restrictions on moving RMB to foreign currencies.
This is a factor but it isn't the full s
> On 2017/Sep/22, at 10:22 AM, Jim Birch wrote:
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> Bitcoin might be suitable for short term trading. Virtual currencies
> certainly have potential for low friction transfers.
This is a key point and one which banks, the gatekeepers of money transfers
dislike because they do not get their
Kim Holburn wrote:
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> > Would you take a two year loan in bitcoins, repayable in bitcoins?
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> That's the same as a loan in any currency other than your own.
No it's not. Holding Bitcoin is essentially gambling. If you borrow
capital for a business you are expecting to repay the loan from the
someone should tell Chris Berg. Wait, excuse me. Doctor Chris Berg, RMIT.
Steve, are you still here?
At 09:39 AM 22/09/2017, Roger Clarke wrote:
>At 8:51 +1000 22/9/17, Tom Worthington wrote:
>>Blockchain is not the most important innovation this century, let alone in a
>>century.
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>An alternat
>On 20/09/17 17:46, Jan Whitaker wrote:
>> ... Blockchain is the most important innovation in a century.
At 8:51 +1000 22/9/17, Tom Worthington wrote:
>Blockchain is not the most important innovation this century, let alone in a
>century.
An alternative view is that blockchain is a short-term fa
On 20/09/17 17:46, Jan Whitaker wrote:
... Blockchain is the most important innovation in a century.
Blockchain is not the most important innovation this century, let alone
in a century.
It is an interesting idea which will likely be applied to some useful
applications, assuming that a cry
> On 2017/Sep/21, at 10:31 AM, Jim Birch wrote:
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> Would he know? The blockchain has great appeal to libertarians because it
> doesn't, or apparently doesn't, require government management control to
> work (and, as we all know, government is the real evil.)
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> However, the practical realit
