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Offline EC

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IT worker throws out hard drive, loses $7.5 million Bitcoin fortune
« on: November 28, 2013, 05:47:28 PM »
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Re: IT worker throws out hard drive, loses $7.5 million Bitcoin fortune
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2013, 05:47:45 PM »
DOH!
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Re: IT worker throws out hard drive, loses $7.5 million Bitcoin fortune
« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2013, 05:53:57 PM »
This comment caught my attention: Considering that a good 90% of all currency only exists on hard drives.

This is what government spending and Federal Reserve policy has done to our "real" currency in just 15 short years.

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Re: IT worker throws out hard drive, loses $7.5 million Bitcoin fortune
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2013, 09:15:20 PM »
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