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diff --git a/views/main/about.html b/views/main/about.html index fa8503a0..2c644b5f 100644 --- a/views/main/about.html +++ b/views/main/about.html @@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ They get sent to a bitcoin address and stored in a digital wallet that you can access with a password. Creating a wallet is free and - easy. <a href="https://blockchain.info/wallet/new" target="_blank">Try it here</a> at our favourite e-Wallet provider. + easy -- <a href="https://blockchain.info/wallet/new" target="_blank">try it</a>. </p> <p> - New addresses start with a zero balance. Transactions between addresses are - recorded in a public file and <a href="http://blockchain.info/unconfirmed-transactions">published on - the Internet</a>. The file has a record of every transaction that's taken place since Bitcoin started in 2009 and is used to determine the current balance of every address. + New bitcoin addresses start with a zero balance. Transactions between addresses are + recorded in a file that gets published on + the Internet. The file keeps track of every transaction that's ever taken place on the bitcoin network and is used to determine the current balance of every address. </p> <p> @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ bitcoins will be created until finally there are a total of 21 million of them in circulation by the year 2040. Each one of them is divisible up to 8 decimal places, making - it possible to transact very small amounts. + it possible to transact small amounts. </p> </div> <div class="span6"> @@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ immediate payments to your friends and family from your 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. Or, use them to - backup your savings and gain access to them + or donate to organizations like WikiLeaks who've + been cut off by the major payment companies. Or, use bitcoins to securely + store your savings and gain access to them from anywhere that has Internet access. They tend to appreciate in value over time because of their - limited supply so they make a good investment. + limited supply, so they make a good investment. Unlike dollars and other national currencies, no government or issuing authority can print more of them. @@ -98,15 +98,9 @@ <p> Bitcoins aren't backed by any underlying commodity or insured by any authority. They - have value as a form of currency due to their mathematically - guaranteed scarcity, security, ease of use, - distributed nature, lack of fees, divisibility, and - global recognition. - </p> - - <p> - We peg our rates - to <a href="http://cavirtex.com/">cavirtex.com</a>. + have value as a currency due to their mathematically + guaranteed scarcity, security, divisibility, + and global recognition. </p> </div> </div> @@ -116,15 +110,15 @@ <h1>What can I buy with them?</h1> <p> You can <a href="/merchants">spend them locally</a> at one of our participating merchants or check out - <a href="http://bitcoinmagazine.net/where-to-spend-your-bitcoins/">this article</a> for some other good suggestions. + <a href="http://bitcoinmagazine.net/where-to-spend-your-bitcoins/">this article</a> for some other suggestions. The number of <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Trade">companies accepting bitcoins</a> is growing quickly and we're working to get more stores accepting them in Vancouver. 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 - paying for them indirectly. + goods and services across the board so we're always + subsidizing the banks and payment companies. </p> </div> |