{"id":3276,"date":"2014-04-30T21:18:51","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T21:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gubatron.com\/blog\/?p=3276"},"modified":"2014-04-30T21:18:51","modified_gmt":"2014-04-30T21:18:51","slug":"why-it-only-took-me-less-than-2-minutes-to-believe-in-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gubatron.com\/blog\/why-it-only-took-me-less-than-2-minutes-to-believe-in-bitcoin\/","title":{"rendered":"Why it only took me less than 2 minutes to believe in Bitcoin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seeing is believing.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t care what Warren Buffet or all the Bitcoin nay sayers think, I care about how real, useful and freeing Bitcoin is today even in its infancy.<\/p>\n<p>Just stare at any random minute of Blockchain transactions in realtime and you will see that Bitcoin is not something that will happen, it&#8217;s already moving a LOT of value TODAY. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZP744XZrCeo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>No identity required, no government permission is required, no regulations are required to use it except the rules of its protocol. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s already working and people are moving anywhere from pennies to millions of dollars worth of bitcoins everyday without asking banks or governments for permission, all this wether you believe in it or not.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;it just works.&#8221; -Steve Jobs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seeing is believing. I don&#8217;t care what Warren Buffet or all the Bitcoin nay sayers think, I care about how real, useful and freeing Bitcoin is today even in its infancy. Just stare at any random minute of Blockchain transactions in realtime and you will see that Bitcoin is not something that will happen, it&#8217;s 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