Re: Exchange accidentally sent 512 bitcoins after coding error

From the OP, someone defending the receiver of the btc.

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[04:53] <@Geebus> Not to split hairs, but Bitcoins are not a recognized currency in any country, and therefore hold no monetary value... I digress though.

That is their opinion. It is not the opinion of everyone.

Yeah I guess it depends on whether it benefits you at the moment, or not.

Wrong. bitcoins have value whether it benefits me to say they do or not. If they had no value nobody would buy them or mine them. The fact they have value, as shown on the bid sheets at the exchanges makes them treasure trove and up for grabs. Look at the bid sheets the same as you look at gold and silver charts. If gold is treasure, then so are bitcoins.

But nobody is buying them, look how low the volume is (especially considering most of those are miners looking to recuperate their costs of "producing" the coins) and how the price of btc has been doing nothing but going down since the media blitz.