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Re:Now Accepting Bitcoin on Dell.com by adeptus on Friday July 18, 2014 @01:33PM (#8054376)
Maybe if you turn this chart sideways it will look flat, otherwise... up, up and away!

http://blockchain.info/charts/my-wallet-n-users

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Re:Now Accepting Bitcoin on Dell.com by unbudgingprawn on Friday July 18, 2014 @01:41PM (#8054427)
Number of transactions would probably be a better metric

http://blockchain.info/charts/n-transactions

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Re:Now Accepting Bitcoin on Dell.com by pistle on Friday July 18, 2014 @01:54PM (#8054521)
"WARNING: Forgotten passwords are UNRECOVERABLE and will results in LOSS of ALL of your bitcoins!"

I hate when my banker says this to me about online banking.

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Re:Now Accepting Bitcoin on Dell.com by StavrosK on Friday July 18, 2014 @02:38PM (#8054803)
Then use Coinbase, which says "you'll have to trust us with your coin, and hope we don't get hacked".
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Re:Now Accepting Bitcoin on Dell.com by aianus on Saturday July 19, 2014 @06:21AM (#8057122)
Honestly, I prefer it to "WARNING: Your password must be 6-8 characters and contain no numbers or symbols"
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Re:Now Accepting Bitcoin on Dell.com by sanswork on Friday July 18, 2014 @02:17PM (#8054688)
Thats the number of accounts on a website. Anyone can create as many accounts as they want and they don't limit that chart to accounts with bitcoin. It's a pointless metric that is easily faked. Given the number of wallets with bitcoin in them worth >$50 isn't really growing I'd say its pretty likely a lot of those are fake/unused accounts.
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