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Re:Someone just made a $147,239,214 Bitcoin transfer by ceejayoz on Friday November 22, 2013 @06:49PM (#6784515)
That's one, and banks hardly help with inflation at today's 0.01% interest rates.
Re:Someone just made a $147,239,214 Bitcoin transfer by SilasX on Friday November 22, 2013 @07:32PM (#6784647)
True, but other than the recent years it was necessary and effective to put your money in a bank to counteract inflation.

Sorry about the fencepost error. (Perhaps I was originally intending to say "inflationary finance"?)

Re:Someone just made a $147,239,214 Bitcoin transfer by foobarian on Friday November 22, 2013 @08:45PM (#6784852)
You mean you didn't actually intend to make that clever and subtle joke? :-(