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Renegade:
Crypto is about to go nuclear!

http://ethereum.org/
http://ethereum.org/ethereum.html

Watch the video.

More in the Basement.

Renegade:
I think many would do very well to read the following. They illustrate with extreme clarity how Bitcoin is safer than banks:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25861717
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/prove-it--bank-blocking-customers-from-making-large-withdrawals-without--evidence--of-spending-need-222425920.html

I'll leave out quotes for the sake of civility. Comments should probably be directed to the crypto thread in the basement.

Renegade:
People looking to ditch the Rand:

http://www.news24.com/MyNews24/The-Rand-is-Dying-Can-Bitcoin-Save-Us-20140124

The Rand is Dying Can Bitcoin Save Us?

A perfect storm has formed and the Rand continues its plummet.

The key factors contributing to the decline: a balance of trade deficit, poor economic data globally and a mining sector hit particularly hard by weak global resource markets.

South Africa, as one of the ‘BRICS’, was often touted as an emerging market to watch. These days it finds itself in less auspicious company; the so-called ‘Fragile Five’ (India, Indonesia, Brazil and Turkey).
The economic fundamentals are poor and citizens are left with few options. Most feel powerless. With few options available many are forced to watch their real wealth, denominated in Rand, evaporate.
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More at the link.

Is anyone beginning to see the currency war that's going on? No? Oh... well perhaps this... ;)

http://www.coindesk.com/russias-largest-bank-backs-bitcoin/

Head of Russia’s Largest Bank Backs Bitcoin, Again

Sberbank may not be a household name in the west, but it just happens to be the third-largest bank in Europe.

It’s also the biggest bank in Russia and eastern Europe, with nearly half a trillion dollars in assets and a workforce of 300,000.

The bank is owned by the Central Bank of Russia and it is headed by German Gref, who served as the Russian Minister of Economic and Trade from 2000 to 2007. Gref’s tenure was marked by a period of economic reform and liberalization. Judging by his recent statements, he is still open minded when it comes to monetary issues.
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More at the link.

And more on the current currency wars:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101307137
http://www.moneymorning.com.au/20131116/the-future-of-the-currency-war.html
https://www.google.com/#q=currency+war&tbm=nws

Oh, the carnage is going to be a sight to behold! :P ;D

Renegade:
More IT pros than not want to get paid in bitcoins:

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/a-lot-of-it-pros-want-bitcoin-paychecks-2014-1

Once people get paid in bitcoins at scale, it's game over and Bitcoin wins.

wraith808:
Truthfully, I can see why- for the same reason I don't use direct deposit in many cases.  Leaves a money trail that can be reversed.  Tracing is fine... it's the reversal that alarms me.

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