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Bitcoin For The Baffled

select all Dec. 28, 2017

What Does It Mean If I’m Hodling My Shitcoins? A Glossary of Bitcoin SlangFrom hodl to DYOR to shitcoin, every word you need to know to fake your way through a bitcoin conversation.

By Jeff Koyen
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How Bitcoin Got Here: A Mostly Complete Timeline of Bitcoin’s Highs and LowsFrom the infamous 10,000-bitcoin pizza delivery to the pre-Christmas roller-coaster ride.

By Joy Crane
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6 People on How They Spent Their Bitcoin FortunesRent, student loans, private-school tuition, designer furniture — and, yes, a special blue laser.

By Margaret Rhodes
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What It’s Like to (Almost) Become a Cryptocurrency MillionaireIn search of “brownstone money” on the cryptocurrency roller coaster.

By Jeff Koyen
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Where Can I Actually Spend Bitcoin in New York City?From bodegas to pizza joints to Montessori schools, here’s where you can actually spend your bitcoin (if you dare).

By Noah Hurowitz
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Do You Really Know What Bitcoin Is?Here, our super-simplified explanation — and what to know about the cryptocraze roller coaster.

By Joy Crane and Max Read