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Should You Consider Using Bitcoin?

Up and Running

Recent news on the Cyprus banking crisis has brought Bitcoin back into the public view. Bitcoin transactions are managed by an online network, making them theoretically immune to currency speculation or manipulation by central banks. Let’s take a closer look. What is Bitcoin? Cut Transaction Fees Using Bitcoin.

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200.000.000 mobile users, for starters – Q&A with Viber CEO Talmon Marco

The Next Web

The company is based in Cyprus with development centers in Belarus, Israel and China. Funding is still “friends and family” We never did an institutional round of financing. We are a little over 100 people, developing on about a dozen platforms. Maybe someday. The first Viber app for iOS was launched back in December 2010.

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