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Discussion => Off topic => Topic started by: Ahoyhoy on July 11, 2012, 09:18 pm

Title: WTF with the price of Bitcoins at the moment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Ahoyhoy on July 11, 2012, 09:18 pm
Just paid £8.90 per BTC. WTF! I remember when they were a third of that price.........it's making SR prices unviable all of a sudden....vendors need to bring down prices
Title: Re: WTF with the price of Bitcoins at the moment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Knomo on July 11, 2012, 09:22 pm
Just paid £8.90 per BTC. WTF! I remember when they were a third of that price.........it's making SR prices unviable all of a sudden....vendors need to bring down prices

Lol.. price on Intersango is £4.81 per BTC..
Title: Re: WTF with the price of Bitcoins at the moment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: tonedef on July 11, 2012, 09:30 pm
either you made a typo are very drunk or both :D

Title: Re: WTF with the price of Bitcoins at the moment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Imaginarytailus13 on July 11, 2012, 09:53 pm
Moral of this story:

'LAY OFF THE CRACK' 
Title: Re: WTF with the price of Bitcoins at the moment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: vlad1m1r on July 11, 2012, 09:57 pm
Just paid £8.90 per BTC. WTF! I remember when they were a third of that price.........it's making SR prices unviable all of a sudden....vendors need to bring down prices

Did you mean £4.90 that sounds a bit more like it?

The vendors set their prices in USD which in turn is pegged to the USD/BTC rate as per MtGox. As such it doesn't really matter if it's £4 or £8 to the Bitcoin - $100 of Bitcoins is still worth $100.

The only time that problems arise is when people buy Bitcoins, fail to spend them and the Bitcoin dips in value. The simple solution is only to buy as many BTC as you need and know in advance what you're going to order.

V.

Title: Re: WTF with the price of Bitcoins at the moment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: redalloverthelandguyhere on July 12, 2012, 02:01 am
Anyone who bought bitcoins a few months back will have made a tidy profit.

But as stated they could go down just as easy.

Wish I could mine the things.
Title: Re: WTF with the price of Bitcoins at the moment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Gary Oak on July 12, 2012, 02:07 am
Anyone who bought bitcoins a few months back will have made a tidy profit.

But as stated they could go down just as easy.

Wish I could mine the things.

Does anyone think it's been affected by the recent increase in member activity? We've had a significant increase in daily members than usual this last week. :D
Title: Re: WTF with the price of Bitcoins at the moment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: tonedef on July 12, 2012, 02:31 am
Anyone who bought bitcoins a few months back will have made a tidy profit.

But as stated they could go down just as easy.

Wish I could mine the things.

Does anyone think it's been affected by the recent increase in member activity? We've had a significant increase in daily members than usual this last week. :D

it has been rising steadily since i bought my first bitcoin which was now about 3 months ago
i think the price of 1 btc has been something like this:
3 months ago: 3 £
1 1/2 months ago: 3.3 £
1 month ago: 4.2 £
now: 4.8 £

as to the underlying reason why...no clue  ???