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What is Bitcoin good for? Not Silk Road.

Hacking Startups

However, Bitcoin provides no anonymity, not by design and not in implementation. Land has even appreciated, largely due to population increase. Due to counterparty risk, Bitcoin today does not offer a good way to short itself. Widespread confusion about the potential anonymity of Bitcoin is understandable. Medium of exchange.

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Why you should pay attention to these 8 emerging tech hubs

The Next Web

But have you heard of what’s going on in Cyprus, Sweden or North Carolina? Today, with the decentralising nature of the Internet, distributed cloud technology and a growing sentiment toward entrepreneurship, the global startup ecosystem has never been so dispersed. Nicosia, Cyprus?. Pune, India?.