That which does not kill Bitcoin makes Bitcoin stronger

Re:That which does not kill Bitcoin makes Bitcoin stronger by Lazare on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @06:46PM (#7309153)

> Like a pressurised container full of money; if there is any crack or way a hole can be made, it bursts and the money is gone.

That is, far and away, the best description of the problem I've heard. Did you come up with it?

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Re:That which does not kill Bitcoin makes Bitcoin stronger by pjc50 on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @07:13PM (#7309300)

Yes, as I was writing that post.

I'd been considering rocketry analogies, where one software error (Ariane) or bad seal (Challenger) will blow the whole thing up, but I wanted to convey leakiness. Mtgox found a slow puncture and went down like a deflated bouncy castle.

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Re:That which does not kill Bitcoin makes Bitcoin stronger by gustoffen on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @09:39PM (#7309971)

It is also like a bubble. A tiny pin prick, and pop! Which is also doubly apt because some consider the market price of bitcoin a bubble.

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