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Chase-ing Bitcoin: Is JPM Preparing To Unveil Its Own Electronic Currency?
f you can't beat 'em, join 'em, copy 'em, and then beat 'em. While everyone's attention has been glued to Bitcoin (and its various smaller and less viable for now alternative digital currencies), JPMorgan has submitted a patent which appears to set the scene for a competing centralized network to Bitcoin. As LetsTalkBitcoin noted first, the "Method and system for processing internet payments using the electronic funds transfer network," states that Chase's technology is a "new paradigm." Moreover that it permits the creation of "virtual cash" (also referred to as "web cash") with a "real-time digital exchange of value."
Via eCreditDaily,
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Bitcoin Explained
So what is Bitcoin exactly? Bitcoin is the first decentralized digital currency and payment network. It is an alternative currency which is used to send coins via the internet. Read More:
Bitcoin Explained
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Jen
Bitcoin Now More Popular Than Obamacare
Much has been said about Bitcoin: an alternative currency; a "honeypot" scheme by the central banks and Feds to capture excess cash, punish the rebellious and track abusers of money laundering laws; a revolution against fiat. Perhaps one other word may be used as well: "distraction"?
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JPMorgan files patent for 'bitcoin killer' currency
The largest bank in the US, JPMorgan, has filed a patent for an electronic currency with many similarities to bitcoin.
At no point in the lengthy patent application is there any reference to bitcoin or any other existing crypto-currency, but there is a claim that the work would represent a “new paradigm for effectuating electronic payments”.
As with bitcoin, the application suggests that users could make payments to online merchants with the new currency and also transfer money with other users.
“The method has further, broader applicability by providing the ability for anyone with an account at an institution to transfer funds to anyone else who also has an account at the same or a different institution. The pay anyone feature of the present invention allows parties to electronically transmit funds instantaneously without the expense of today's wiring fees,” says the application.
This could mean that it would go head-to-head with services like Western Union which offer to transfer money over large distances and between different traditional currencies.
It also promises to lower the cost of doing business online for the merchant, slashing the fees that are currently charged by banks to process credit card transactions.
“For the merchant, the present invention significantly reduces the transactional cost as compared to the use of credit cards. The method also provides a reduction in fraud and credit losses, while the finality of the transaction virtually eliminates dispute and chargeback processing from the viewpoint of the financial institution,” says the application.
It seems to differ on bitcoin – which is a peer-to-peer service that was designed in part to avoid the need for a central controlling institution – in that wallets would be stored on a “host web server”, presumably under the control of JPMorgan.
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Now each and every bank is going to issue its own money?
We are going 200 years back. 200 years ago it was done by very similar thieves it is going to be done this time too and it did not end good for the ones that believed the stories like the one JP Morgan is telling now. Incredible that it can happen in the 21st century again
they use bitcoin......................... fiatleak - watch the world's currencies flow into BTC in realtime
they use bitcoin......................... fiatleak - watch the world's currencies flow into BTC in realtime
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they took it down...but it was very informative...China is getting huge amount of bitcoins...
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they took it down...but it was very informative...China is getting huge amount of bitcoins...
They were fast
Fact, Fiction, And 11 Bitcoin Myths
Haters gonna hate, but the “Bitcoin bubble” meme has become the financial equivalent of a viral online cat video – wildly popular but pretty vacuous. In an effort to separate fact from fiction, ConvergEx's Nick Colas reviews 11 bitcoin myths (and dispels them). Still, there’s no doubt that the public is entranced: there are now 3x more Google searches for “bitcoin” than “Western Union”, and 33x more than for “Gold coins”. We started writing about bitcoin back in February because it was – and still is – a fascinating invention (for better or worse). How it plays out, we will just have to wait and see.
Via ConvergEx's Nick Colas,
In the spirit of the old high school essay question about the Holy Roman Empire, consider the following query: bitcoin is often described as an online crypto-currency, even though it is none of these things – discuss. The Cliff Notes suggested essay outline might go something like this:
Bitcoin doesn’t have to be just “Online.” There are meetups in parks around the world where you can bring your cash, hand it over to a guy or gal with a smartphone, and watch your Benjamins get deposited to an online bitcoin wallet.
The “crypto” part is also only partially correct. Yes, at its core the bitcoin system runs as a piece of open-source puzzles which individuals and businesses try to solve. The winner gets 25 new bitcoins for their trouble, currently worth about $23,000. Not bad, but the genius of the system is that everyone playing the puzzle must also register all bitcoin transactions that occur in the 10 minutes it typically takes to solve the puzzle. Those are also all visible to the system, but by forcing everyone to keep track and reconcile at the end of the 10 minute window, the chance of double-spending the same bitcoin is very low. Bottom line: you don’t need to know how to code to use bitcoins.
“Currency”… This is actually the hardest part of the question. Currencies exist primarily as a way for societies to avoid having to barter goods and services. It is much more efficient to hand over a $10 bill for dinner rather than contract with the restaurant owner to wash dishes for your meal. There are some places to spend bitcoin – a simple web search will find them. But the most accurate thing you can say about bitcoin as truly useful currency is ‘Not yet’.
We’ve been writing about bitcoin since February 2013 because we thought it was a remarkable and intellectually elegant solution to one key social problem: it simply costs too much money to move money. Want to send $100 to a friend in Argentina by Western Union? That will set you back $12. How about paying for a $1 bag of chips with a credit card in the US? Good luck with that – you’ll likely have to buy a 10 pack to meet the card minimum at the store. We had no idea the value of a bitcoin would skyrocket from our first report at $31 to about $900 today. We just thought it was cool.
Still, with all that capital appreciation comes a lot of misinformation. Part of that is understandable – bitcoin is new and very different from traditional notions of “Money”. Still, in the rush to understand what bitcoin is – and isn’t – the public discussion on the topic has gotten a bit muddy.
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