- Bitcoins are units of digital currency that can be
- transferred over the Internet.
- 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 -- try it.
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- 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 and therefore knows the balance of every address.
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- New bitcoins are generated every 10 minutes and distributed to people who volunteer computing power to run the bitcoin network. The
- software to participate is free and open source so anyone can run it on their computer to earn bitcoins.
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- Over time, fewer and fewer
- 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 small amounts.
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Why use them?
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- 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.
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- You can use bitcoins to send free,
- 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'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.
- Unlike dollars and other national currencies, no
- government or issuing authority can print more of
- them.
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Where can I get some?
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- Contact one of our trusted exchangers. We'll meet you in person to sell you bitcoins and will be happy to help you get started if you're new.
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- There are several bitcoin markets operating online as well. 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.com.
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- Most merchants accepting bitcoin will use an
- exchange rate from one of the online markets
- 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.
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- Bitcoins aren't backed by any underlying
- commodity or insured by any authority. They
- have value as a currency due to their mathematically
- guaranteed scarcity, security, divisibility,
- and global recognition.
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What can I buy with them?
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- You can spend them locally at one of our participating merchants or check out
- this article for some other suggestions.
- The number of companies accepting bitcoins
- 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 always
- subsidizing the banks and payment companies.
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-You can use our message board at meetup.com to get in touch. For issues with this website, let us know at Github.
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Support Us
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-Want to send some coins our way? We'll use donations to promote bitcoins by purchasing stickers and Android tablets for local merchants who run our payment software. Send to 1VAnbtCAnYccECnjaMCPnWwt81EHCVgNr -- every little bit helps!
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- Our goal is to establish a network of trusted individuals who can provide a consistent experience and reliable price for people wanting to trade bitcoins in Vancouver.
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We help local businesses accept bitcoins by providing them with payment software and paying cash for their bitcoins. We also buy and sell bitcoins to the public in an effort to make it easy for anyone to get started or cash out.
-If you're a resident of Vancouver and would like to be listed as a local exchanger here, come to our monthly meetup group and introduce yourself! We'll teach you everything you need to know and if you agree to use our posted rates and we get the sense that you'll be fair and professional then we'll happily list you on our exchangers page.
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Our Rates
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-Our exchange rates are pegged to the current market prices at cavirtex.com including a 3% surcharge to cover the transaction fees that they charge to use their service. We don't take any commission above and beyond that for ourselves. Our hope is that eventually there will be enough turnover in the Vancouver bitcoin economy that we won't need to use an online exchange. When that happens, we'll be able to eliminate fees altogether.
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-Are you a Vancouver business owner accepting bitcoins for payment? Great! That's all it takes to be listed on our site. Just let us know what image and text you'd like us to put up and give us your website address if you have one.
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Point of Sale
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-If you want, we can also help you by providing you with a free, customized Point-of-Sale page for your business and offering you our exchange services. The page is designed to display nicely on an Android tablet device that you can keep on your countertop, but it can also run on a laptop or any device that has a modern web browser.
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How it Works
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-If you register a free Point-of-Sale page with us, then whenever one of your customers asks to pay with bitcoins, you can bring up your page and enter the sale amount in Canadian dollars. The page will convert the currency amount and generate a QR code that your customers can scan with their phones in order to send bitcoins to your address.
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-The page will notify you when the payment is received and the transaction will be logged along with the current exchange rate at the time of sale. You'll get access to a report that totals up all the transactions sent to your bitcoin address in a given period. We can pay you out in cash for those bitcoins or you can choose to hold onto them and hope they grow in value.
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