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    Patrick Collison‏Verified account @patrickc 15 Feb 2014
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    Bitcoin is backed by the full faith and credit of the frustration with incumbent financial institutions.

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    • jqm90 Ripple Stream OK Junk Rick Manelius, PhD Andrew Clunis Reed Rosenbluth CK 🦜🐈🐆🐅 laura saggers Seifallah Ben Ismail
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      2. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 15 Feb 2014
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        @patrickc That's quite a substantial backing!

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      3. Patrick Collison‏Verified account @patrickc 15 Feb 2014
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        @michael_nielsen exactly!

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      2. Brett King‏Verified account @BrettKing 15 Feb 2014
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        @patrickc yes, but you have 1,000 years of history and inertia behind current banking system. Don't expect bitcoin to rapidly replace that

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      3. erikwithaknotac‏ @erikwithaknotac 16 Feb 2014
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        @brettking @patrickc Brick and mortars had to switch to customer satisfaction and experience thanks to the internet.

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      1. Erik Voorhees‏Verified account @ErikVoorhees 16 Feb 2014
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        @patrickc "Faith" is the operative word when describing the #USD

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      1. Sutha Kamal‏ @SuthaKamal 15 Feb 2014
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        .@patrickc @semil well, frustration can't demand to be paid in bitcoin, vs. nation states. :) (fwiw, I am optimistic about BTC)

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      1. Tom Maxwell (feat. Future)‏ @tomaxwell 15 Feb 2014
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        @patrickc @semil So Bitcoin support is coming to Stripe?

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      1. Startup L. Jackson‏ @StartupLJackson 16 Feb 2014
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        @patrickc and funded by cost structures that can't drop fees an order of magnitude fast enough to end the threat.

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      1. exiledsurferrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr‏ @exiledsurfer 16 Feb 2014
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        +1 RT @patrickc: #Bitcoin is backed by the full faith and credit of the frustration with incumbent financial institutions.

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      1. Kyle Drake‏ @kyledrake 16 Feb 2014
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        Also worth mentioning: @stripe is very crowdfund friendly, even for Bitcoin related projects (as long as not selling BTC). /cc @patrickc

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