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Re: Ask Rushy about Bitcoins.
« Reply #320 on: May 19, 2014, 09:46:35 PM »
I don't know

then why are you posting?

All I know is that every actual bitcoin is represented physically. The medium of storage is irrelevant.
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Re: Ask Rushy about Bitcoins.
« Reply #321 on: May 19, 2014, 09:50:16 PM »
I don't know

then why are you posting?

All I know is that every actual bitcoin is represented physically.

Can you give me an example of something that isn't represented physically?

Re: Ask Rushy about Bitcoins.
« Reply #322 on: May 19, 2014, 09:52:32 PM »
The medium of storage is irrelevant.

Sounds abstract to me.

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Re: Ask Rushy about Bitcoins.
« Reply #323 on: May 19, 2014, 09:53:08 PM »
Can you give me an example of something that isn't represented physically?

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Re: Ask Rushy about Bitcoins.
« Reply #324 on: May 19, 2014, 09:53:52 PM »
I don't know

then why are you posting?

All I know is that every actual bitcoin is represented physically.

Can you give me an example of something that isn't represented physically?

No. Well, maybe time.
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Re: Ask Rushy about Bitcoins.
« Reply #325 on: May 19, 2014, 09:54:34 PM »
I don't know

then why are you posting?

All I know is that every actual bitcoin is represented physically.

Can you give me an example of something that isn't represented physically?

No.

Then this entire discussion is obviously redundant.

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Re: Ask Rushy about Bitcoins.
« Reply #326 on: May 19, 2014, 09:55:23 PM »
I don't know

then why are you posting?

All I know is that every actual bitcoin is represented physically.

Can you give me an example of something that isn't represented physically?

No.

Then this entire discussion is obviously redundant.

I know. But somebody on the internet was wrong.
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Re: Ask Rushy about Bitcoins.
« Reply #327 on: May 19, 2014, 10:15:45 PM »
Most conversations between Alexandyr, Rushy, and/or fappenhosen (or anyone on this site, really) degrades into a pedantic argument regarding the meaning of words.

Re: Ask Rushy about Bitcoins.
« Reply #328 on: May 19, 2014, 10:19:32 PM »
The meaning of "abstract" is pretty clear.

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Re: Ask Rushy about Bitcoins.
« Reply #329 on: May 19, 2014, 10:35:12 PM »
Usually an HDD or SSD.

Are they the only media that can be used to record a bitcoin?

Your wallet has the encryption keys. The blockchain has the addresses, and everyone mining bitcoins has information on every bitcoin transaction through the blockchain. That's how a transaction is verified as legitimate.
Except the people who use bitcoin to anonymously launder money.
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Re: Ask Rushy about Bitcoins.
« Reply #330 on: May 19, 2014, 10:41:02 PM »
The number one exists in all networks.

It's how your computer processes information and communicates. It's how the 'bitcoin' serial number is calculated.

You are trying to make a number (and an algorithm) into a 'physical thing'.

High/Low, On/Off, 1/0... these are states of things, not physical things.  A computer cares as much about the number One as it does about C. 

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Re: Ask Rushy about Bitcoins.
« Reply #331 on: May 19, 2014, 10:49:06 PM »
Most conversations between Alexandyr, Rushy, and/or fappenhosen (or anyone on this site, really) degrades into a pedantic argument regarding the meaning of words.

It's been that way for years. Why should we stop now? I blame Parsifal.
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Re: Ask Rushy about Bitcoins.
« Reply #332 on: May 19, 2014, 11:11:14 PM »
If you can interact with an object, the object is physical, because you are physical.

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Re: Ask Rushy about Bitcoins.
« Reply #333 on: May 19, 2014, 11:57:46 PM »
If you can interact with an object, the object is physical, because you are physical.

^This.

Example:
"A computerDollar cares as much about the number One as it does about D. "
"A computerGold Bar cares as much about the number One as it does about G. "
"A computerCar cares as much about the number One as it does about D. "
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Re: Ask Rushy about Bitcoins.
« Reply #334 on: May 20, 2014, 02:07:41 AM »
I think... I think someone needs to call someone. This could prove to be a monumental discovery.

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Re: Ask Rushy about Bitcoins.
« Reply #335 on: May 20, 2014, 02:30:52 AM »
I think... I think someone needs to call someone. This could prove to be a monumental discovery.

Only to a select few people in this thread who instigated this entire nonsense argument.

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Re: Ask Rushy about Bitcoins.
« Reply #336 on: May 20, 2014, 04:11:57 AM »
I think a Bitcoin written down on a piece of paper might be a bit harder to pay with than a Bitcoin stored on your computer

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Re: Ask Rushy about Bitcoins.
« Reply #337 on: May 20, 2014, 12:28:45 PM »
Doesn't a physical bitcoin defeat the purpose of virtual currency?
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Re: Ask Rushy about Bitcoins.
« Reply #338 on: May 20, 2014, 01:01:32 PM »
Doesn't a physical bitcoin defeat the purpose of virtual currency?
No more than saying that a digital bank account defeats the purpose of a physical currency.
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Re: Ask Rushy about Bitcoins.
« Reply #339 on: May 20, 2014, 01:19:48 PM »
Doesn't a physical bitcoin defeat the purpose of virtual currency?

I think the point of bitcoin was more to have a stable currency that was not tied to any particular country or economic union.  That it ended up being done digitally has a lot to do with expedience.

Someone who knows more should please correct me where I am wrong.