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Nitasha Tiku

03/19/14 11:13AM

Filed to: Bitcoin

At the Bitcoin swap meet in SoMa, delusions are also for sale. One enthusiast shows off an app called Lambo Parity, "which tracks what percentage of a Lamborghini one Bitcoin can buy;" a 52-year-old bookkeeper thinks Bitcoin will "help fund her retirement."

CpnSisko Nitasha Tiku 03/19/14 11:20AM

I still see posts every single day from people who want to mine songcoins, dogecoins, and other crap. I really wonder what these people think they are doing, or if they even know.

crashedpc /sarcasm CpnSisko 03/19/14 11:48AM

Even Ars Technica was pushing their own version of cryptocurrency; that made me really goddamn sad.

Nitasha Tiku crashedpc /sarcasm 03/19/14 11:53AM

Whaat??

crashedpc /sarcasm Nitasha Tiku 03/19/14 11:57AM

Huh. "For Educational Purposes Only"

http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/…

*wipes egg off face*

YouWantWHATNow crashedpc /sarcasm 03/19/14 12:27PM

Yeah, I think it was a goof. You could only use it to buy hats to put on your user name, which is a perfect a sardonic commentary on Bitcoin as I can imagine...

crashedpc /sarcasm YouWantWHATNow 03/19/14 12:33PM

I think my opinion on this Ars Coin just did a 180.

Nitasha Tiku YouWantWHATNow 03/19/14 12:43PM

Ok gotcha. Yeah Ars Technica doesn't seem like the type to get breathless over Bitcoin.

Nitasha Tiku Nitasha Tiku 03/19/14 11:21AM

"Tonight, a single unit of the Internet currency is worth 'only' about four-thousandths of a Lambo." If the ratio is in the thousandths, you're picked the wrong comparison.

crashedpc /sarcasm Nitasha Tiku 03/19/14 11:48AM

"Today, one Bitcoin is worth 4 milliLambos."