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+    <title>Vancouver Bitcoin</title>
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+    <div class="navbar navbar-inverse">
+      <div class="navbar-inner">
+        <div class="container-fluid">
+          <a class="brand" href="/">VanBTC</a>
+          <div class="nav-collapse collapse">
+            <p class="navbar-text pull-right">
+              <a href="/login" class="navbar-link">Login</a>
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+    <div></div>
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+    <div class="container-fluid">
+      <div class="row-fluid">
+        <div class="span6">
+          <h1>What are bitcoins?</h1>
+          Bitcoins are units of digital currency that can be 
+          transferred over the Internet. They get stored at a 
+          unique address which is like an online wallet or 
+          bank account that you can access with a 
+          password. Registering a new address is free and 
+          is as easy as signing up for an email account. 
+          Transactions between bitcoin addresses are 
+          recorded in a public record that's published on 
+          the Internet and keeps track of what amounts are 
+          stored at every address. Fifty new bitcoins are 
+          generated by a mathematical algorithm every ten 
+          minutes and are distributed to people who 
+          contribute computing power to the network. The 
+          software to participate in the network is free so 
+          anyone can run it. Over time, fewer and fewer 
+          bitcoins will be created until there are a total of 
+          21 million of them by the year 2040. Each bitcoin 
+          is divisible up to 8 decimal places, making 
+          it possible to transact tiny amounts.
+        </div>
+        <div class="span6">
+          <h1>Why use them?</h1>
+          They're free, fast, secure, and global.  Merchants 
+          don't get charged for accepting them and you don't 
+          get charged for transferring them, even 
+          internationally. There are no fees, prerequisites, or 
+          limits. You can register addresses anonymously and 
+          create as many accounts as you like. They can 
+          never be frozen because no central authority 
+          controls them. Whether you're sending a fraction of 
+          a cent or a million dollars, the network doesn't 
+          discriminate. You can use bitcoins to securely store 
+          and backup your savings and gain access to them 
+          from anywhere that has Internet. Bitcoins tend to 
+          appreciate in value over time because of their 
+          limited supply so they make a good investment. 
+          Unlike dollars and other national currencies, no 
+          government or issuing authority can print more of 
+          them.
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+      </div>
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+      <div class="row-fluid">
+        <div class="span6">
+          <h1>What can I buy with them?</h1>
+          The number of companies accepting bitcoins is 
+          growing quickly but their immediate utility still isn't 
+          so much as a VISA/Mastercard/Debit competitor for 
+          retail commerce but as an alternative to Western 
+          Union, PayPal and the Big Banks as a means of 
+          transferring value. They enable you to send free, 
+          immediate payments to your friends and family 
+          from a phone or laptop so you can pay a co-worker 
+          back for coffee, transfer wages to family overseas, 
+          or donate to organizations like WikiLeaks who have 
+          been cut off by the major payment companies. 
+          We're working to get more stores accepting them in 
+          Vancouver though because we believe it'll be in 
+          their best interest to avoid the transaction fees 
+          charged by the credit card companies. Transaction 
+          fees end up getting built into the prices we pay for 
+          goods and services across the board so we're all 
+          subsidizing the big banks and credit card 
+          companies indirectly whether we use their services 
+          or not.
+        </div>
+  
+        <div class="span6">
+          <h1>How is their price set?</h1>
+          Most merchants accepting bitcoin will use an 
+          exchange rate from  one of the online markets 
+          like cavirtex.com to determine their equivalent 
+          dollar value. The exchange rate is simply the last 
+          price that some seller was able to charge some 
+          buyer for bitcoins in the free market and is 
+          governed by supply and demand.
+          Bitcoins aren't backed by any underlying 
+          commodity or insured by any authority. They 
+          have an intrinsic value however as a superior 
+          form of currency due to their mathematically 
+          guaranteed scarcity, security, ease of use, 
+          distributed nature, lack of fees, divisibility, and 
+          global recognition.
+          At vanbtc.ca we offer to pay cash to local 
+          merchants in exchange for bitcoins they receive 
+          as payment. We also offer to sell bitcoins for cash 
+          in person at various locations. We peg our rates 
+          to cavirtex.com and don't take any commission.
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="row-fluid">
+        <div class="span6">
+          <h1>Where can I get some?</h1>
+          Sign up for a free account at blockchain.info/wallet and find someone who will send you some in 
+          exchange for goods, services, or cash. Local merchants and enthusiasts in Vancouver can be found at 
+          vanbtc.ca. There are also several bitcoin exchange markets operating online. The largest one in Canada 
+          is cavirtex.com and is run out of Calgary. They link up buyers and sellers and facilitate trades by 
+          allowing you to deposit and withdraw Canadian dollars directly from your bank account. A list of other 
+          online exchanges and their rates can be found at bitcoincharts.comvanbtc.ca
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="span6">
+          <h1>Where can I learn more?</h1>
+          <p>
+          Check out vanbtc.ca and get a wallet at blockchain.info. Come to our monthly meetup group 
+          (meetup.com/bitcoinvan) or send me an email at [email protected]. I'm a local software 
+          developer and I've made a bitcoin payment app that's running in stores around town. I'd be happy to 
+          send you some bitcoins and teach you more about them.
+          </p>
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