I have not been following the development of the Bit Coin,
simply because I see it as a fad. Now I'm wondering if it isn't
more a fraud.

Paul Krugman wrote up a bit on the tech behind it, and a writer
for a popular magazine wrote up an assignment to do all her
Christmas shopping with one Bit Coin.

It appears one Bit Coin is worth more than $800 dollars.

The Bit Coin does not exist in the real world, it is a tech
fiction, Fiat Money writ large.

The only way a Bit Coin gains value is by people being willing
to pay more for it, yet you get nothing for having a Bit Coin in
itself.

According to the magazine writer, she took three friends to an
expensive restaurant that happened to take payment in Bit Coin.
Well, happened to because the owner is one of the developers of
the Bit Coin.

When it came time to pay the bill it took about 20 minutes to
process it. Seems slicing one Bit Coin into small amounts is a
complex process.

Then I read a drug dealer was caught, and all his money is in
Bit Coins, which makes them unfindable and untouchable without
the pass word.

Now if that dealer gets killed in prison, and hasn't given
anyone else the pass word, what happens to all that money?

The magazine writer said the value of a Bit Coin jumped 9000
percent in one year. That's only by people coming into the
system wanting to buy some.

So, tell me, is the Bit Coin a money laundering scheme, a Ponzi
Scheme, or both?



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So, tell me, is the Bit Coin a money laundering scheme, a Ponzi
Scheme, or both?

It's backed by nothing, much like out paper money.

I see it as a fad and will peak out, then fold.



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So, tell me, is the Bit Coin a money laundering scheme, a Ponzi
Scheme, or both?

It's backed by nothing, much like out paper money.

I see it as a fad and will peak out, then fold.

Since people have money in it, and if it folds they lose their
money, I see that as a Ponzi Scheme.



BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@bex.net http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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BOB KLAHN wrote to BOB BREED <=-

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So, tell me, is the Bit Coin a money laundering scheme, a Ponzi
Scheme, or both?

It's backed by nothing, much like out paper money.

I see it as a fad and will peak out, then fold.

Since people have money in it, and if it folds they lose their
money, I see that as a Ponzi Scheme.

And no regulation at all. :)

However I see some of the casinos in Las Vegas are taking bitcoins now.







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