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Vancouver to Get Canada's First Bitcoin ATM

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http://www.bcbusiness.ca/sites/defau...?itok=eCjBwSiW

Local broker Bitcoiniacs plans to install an ATM-style kiosk for the digital currency this October

Based in a non-descript ground floor office just off Burrard, Bitcoiniacs is the vanguard of a wave of local businesses courting early adopters and enthusiasts looking to make transactions in Bitcoin as easy as using Visa, MasterCard or cash.

Already a physical exchange for Bitcoin, the company’s founder Mitchell Demeter plans on setting up an ATM this October, catering to a growing base of Bitcoin users in and around the city.

It’s good news for local Bitcoin enthusiasts like Mike Yeung.

“It will allow people to get the coins a lot easier,” says Yeung, who runs a Bitcoin club at Simon Fraser University. So far Yeung has used the algorithmically generated currency at local cafés and to buy wine

The kiosk will ask users for a Bitcoin wallet identifier, in the form of a QR code on the user’s smart phone. Canadian currency is deposited in the machine, and after deducting a transaction fee, the digital wallet is credited in Bitcoin. Manufactured by Las Vegas-based RoboCoin, the machines go for $18,500 each.

“We’re going to have it in a public space,” says Mitchell Demeter, the 27-year old owner of Bitcoiniacs, who has yet to finalize a location for the kiosk.

He has four more on order, expected to come by the end this year, which he’s hoping to install in other major Canadian city centers, including Calgary, Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa.

For Demeter, Bitcoin banking is a hobby that got a bit out of hand. After developing an interest in January trading and selling Bitcoin among friends, an unrelenting increase in demand gave Demeter the impetus to open up a storefront. Like a currency exchange, Bitcoiniacs charges a 3 to 7 per cent transaction fee for clientele who wish to buy or sell Bitcoin. The ATM will charge a flat 3 per cent fee.

But critics have expressed concern over the instability in Bitcoin’s value and it’s use in online black market exchanges, like Silk Road, for the sale of drugs and other illegal activities. Yeung believes that selective media coverage has exacerbated those perceptions.

As for its legal status, a U.S. judge ruled last month that the currency, first established in 2009, is a real currency, and thus subject to the same laws, while a Texas court declared it subject to U.S. securities regulations.

But unlike it’s American counterpart, the Canada’s financial regulator, FINTRAC, does not regulate Bitcoin.

Demeter believes that less stringent regulations on our side of the border will make Vancouver a hub for Bitcoin startups. “A lot of businesses are coming up to Canada”, says Demeter. Easy access to Bitcoin through an ATM might make add another incentive.

Vancouver to Get Canada's First Bitcoin ATM | BC Business

hopefully it makes all cryptocoins go up!

whats the exchange rate?

1 cad = ?? bit coin

1 bitcoin = CA$136.08929 (current weighted average)

ATM is convenient but it doesn't seem like there will be any value in the transactions unless the exchange is constantly updated
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Makes more sense to put these in developing countries, or collapsing economies, but I guess overall the more the better :)

I feel old.. no idea what a bitcoin is and have no interest in googling it :lawl:

somebody want show me how to mine bitcons ... ill hook u up ,,once i start mining them..

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Originally Posted by Nodnarb (Post 8317777)

I feel old.. no idea what a bitcoin is and have no interest in googling it :lawl:

Truth.

Here's my take:

Bitcoin is like the Big Bang Theory. Every so often, you feel all special because you saw something on the show that you get because you saw it on the internet. You forget for a second that the internet is in everyone's homes and is just about as commercial at this point as a glass of coca-cola at TGIF.

That's Bitcoin. A bunch of people on the internet came up with some convoluted way to mathematically create a computer program that acts as a currency that has the anonymous nature of cash, without paper bills and the ability not to be duplicated and redundancy without the involvement of government. And its cool, because its from the internet, and it involves math geeks.

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Originally Posted by Gridlock (Post 8317822)

A bunch of people on the internet came up with some convoluted way to mathematically create a computer program that acts as a currency that has the anonymous nature of cash, without paper bills and the ability not to be duplicated and redundancy without the involvement of government. And its cool, because its from the internet, and it involves math geeks.

That was really well said, Gridlock, but I'm still going to give you one of these:

http://25.media.tumblr.com/db649f444...smhho1_250.gif

:)

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Originally Posted by Nodnarb (Post 8317777)

I feel old.. no idea what a bitcoin is and have no interest in googling it

If you're still interested this is a fun little 2 min animation that explains it.

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Originally Posted by tool001 (Post 8317814)

somebody want show me how to mine bitcons ... ill hook u up ,,once i start mining them..

People who've spent thousands on a dedicated rig are having trouble mining right now

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Originally Posted by tool001 (Post 8317814)

somebody want show me how to mine bitcons ... ill hook u up ,,once i start mining them..

There's a thread about this already. I don't think it's worth bothering mining it, hardware is too expensive.