something that is not directly useful (like a commodity) but which can be used as a medium of exchange or a store of value. Essentially, money.
Questions tagged [currencies]
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How to fork Bitcoin and build own cryptocurrency
Is there any step-by-step tutorial about how to build own cryptocurrency based on Bitcoin code?
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I paid in bitcoin, now I'm owed a refund. Can I demand it in bitcoin too?
This is, I suppose, a legal question so I should point out that I'm most interested in US and European law.
I made a payment to a company for a product more than a year ago in bitcoin. The amount that I paid then was equivalent to $75. Now the…
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How can I change BTC into normal cash?
Can you eventually hold the bitcoins in your hand, like real cash dollars or euros or something? If so, how?
I've gone through all the service previews and introduction videos (actually, a video), and didn't see anything about this particular…
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What cryptocurrency systems predate Bitcoin, and how do they differ from it?
Although Bitcoin is certainly making strides as the first cryptocurrency to enter (comparatively) widespread use, cryptocurrency has long been a topic of discussion in fiction and academia. What cryptocurrency systems were in existence prior to…
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What is Ripple and how does it compare to Bitcoin?
What is Ripple, and how does the system compare to Bitcoin?
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Are Bitcoins destined to forever increase in value?
The idea of a currency with a limited number of units seems to me to be fundamentally different to existing currencies. While other currencies are generally based on permanent inflation - more 'units' coming into the currency pool - which causes…
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What are the perceived advantages of bitcoin as a means of exchange?
There are lots of ways to send money - western union, paypal, bank wire, etc that are more established and fairly quick. What are the advantages of using bitcoin from a bitcoin-proponent's point of view?
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Will forks and alternative block chains cause hyper-inflation of decentralized digital money?
Great effort has been put into Bitcoin's concept of money supply and that there will never be more than 21 million units.
However, it's relatively easy to fork it and create alternate block chains. SolidCoin, IXCoin, IOCoin etc are much less worth,…
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Is Bitcoin a currency?
This question seems to be asked every now and then when legal status of Bitcoin is discussed - Is Bitcoin a currency? What are the characteristics that would make it a currency, and what makes it different from the standard definition?
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What are the differences between Bitcoin and other crypto-currencies?
What is it that makes Bitcoin unique amongst crypto-currencies? Is it just the most popular one or does it have better design aspects too?
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How Ripple is different from Bitcoin and other crypto-currencies?
How Ripple is different from bitcoin and other crypto-currencies? What does Ripple do that is different from bitcoin?
Riple and Bitcoin are two different implementation of p2p currency and fund transfer protocol. Similar constructs exist both the…
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Does it make sense to use BitCoin to transfer money to yourself internationally?
If you have a bank account in the US and an account in the UK, and you want to move money from one to the other, is Bitcoin a sensible way to do it, or are you better off using TransferWise or just doing an international wire transfer?
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Can I use Bitcoins in a game?
In many games, such as Lord Of Ultima, players can purchase a special type of currency with real money, as opposed to earning it in a game. This currency is then used to purchase premium items and services, which normally are unavailable to the…
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What are Namecoins?
What are Namecoins exactly, how do they differ from Bitcoins, and how come one is able to merge mine them along with Bitcoins?
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What is the point of Feathercoin
The amount of bitcoin-like crypto currencies overwhelms me.
Just few minutes ago I came across FeatherCoin
The problem is that the information on the official site is scarce and the only thing I was able to understand is that the difference from…
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