Baidu now accepts Bitcoin

Re:Baidu now accepts Bitcoin by aqme28 on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @10:20AM (#6553322)

How are those last two things necessarily different from any volatile currency?

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Re:Baidu now accepts Bitcoin by yeukhon on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @10:22AM (#6553332)

Because going from $150 to $100, or $100 to $150 is a $50 USD difference? Whereas USD to RMB is a few cents difference.

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Re:Baidu now accepts Bitcoin by mikeash on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @09:11PM (#6557410)

Only percentages matter, not absolute values. It's hard to find a currency that fluctuates 50% relative to USD, but it's not completely unheard of either.

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