"Bitcoin--the means of payment--not bitcoin the currency, for which I see no future" from Joseph Potvin on 2014-03-03 (public-webpayments@w3.org from March 2014)

From: Joseph Potvin <jpotvin@opman.ca>
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 16:19:00 -0500
To: Web Payments CG <public-webpayments@w3.org>
Message-ID: <CAKcXiSq7-MYXpmoDN3xz+EsL7GcFZJ4nB1uVy=7Lfmz2MPMugg@mail.gmail.com>

Interesting comments from retired IMF AsstDir, and current consultant
to various central banks: http://wcoats.wordpress.com/about/

My view:  Agreed that it's not useful as a "unit of account"; that it
is useful as an operational component in various "media-of-exchange",
and to this end I propose that what it needs is a viable
"value-in-exchange benchmark" (which each P2P pair may choose).

Joseph

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dr. Warren L Coats Jr. <Wcoats@aol.com>
Date: Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 4:03 PM
Subject: Bitcoin's Mt. Gox
To: "Warren L Coats Jr." <WCoats@aol.com>


Dear friends,

Bitcoin continues to be a hot topic:
http://wcoats.wordpress.com/2014/03/03/the-future-of-bitcoin-exchanges/

Best wishes,

Warren Coats
http://wcoats.spaces.live.com
http://works.bepress.com/warren_coats/

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