Users and fans of the open-source, digital currency Bitcoin should feel a little less secure today, after leaders of the Bitcoin project confirmed to a British newspaper they have no way to confirm a user's claim that almost $500,000 worth of the digital currency disappeared from his hard drive overnight.
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...and this answers my thoughts on the subject.
paulie 10 weeks 3 days 4 hours 24 min ago
Who is making all the money from real currencies going into bitcoins. LOL
"Cohen goes so far as to call Bitcoin a scam, designed to enrich the few who bought the currency in huge quantities when it each one traded for a dollar or less. Indeed, most of the eloquent defenses of Bitcoin found in blog comments seem to mention that the author bought into the currency early and has made -- or stands to make -- handsome sums exchanging the virtual currency for a real one."