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“They have competitors doing the same thing."

So are most of these bitcoin startups just banks/exchanges? Is there anyone doing anything more unique with bitcoin?

Since it is hard to judge the true value of a bitcoin since it fluctuates so much, perhaps bitcoins would be best suited to pay for services and goods that are hard to judge in value?

Someone should create a bitcoin based fiverr or mechanical turk.

It would also be interesting to see something completely close the loop when it comes to bitcoins. For example, raise bitcoins to pay for the production costs of a movie, pay actors and staff in bitcoins, charge bitcoins for movie download, and repay investors in bitcoins.