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prophetjohn on April 18, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bitfloor shuts down

It's also possible that the intent was to make a purchase with those bitcoins.

tptacek on April 18, 2013 [–]

I totally don't care what he wanted to buy, or to chastise him for his investment decisions; I'm just curious if people are generally moving their money into Bitcoin in an attempt to move "off the grid" financially, or if this was an investment.

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