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Re:Bitcoin has everything it needs to become a major specula... by icebraining on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @11:15AM (#5486557)
You can only determine the Bitcoin value in another index if there are trades being made of Bitcoins for the item being indexed.

So if you want to create a BTC/Number of People Alive exchange rate, you need people trading lives for Bitcoins, which is a bit macabre.

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