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by sanswork 4347 days ago
It's only easier if you ignore the part where you have to get bitcoin in the first place.
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Guvante 4347 days ago
All the examples of "see Bitcoin isn't hard, here is $0.0005 worth" completely gloss over this point.
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Natanael_L 4346 days ago
That's no fault of Bitcoin, however. Getting USD isn't magically easy either.
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dublinben 4346 days ago
Sure it is. You can sit on a street corner and people will literally hand you physical cash. It doesn't get any easier than that.
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mrb 4346 days ago
Someone merely held a Bitcoin address sign on TV and received coins from all over the world: http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/1/5163926/one-college-footba... How awesome is that? It sure beats the reach of sitting on a street corner...
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