Thread: bitcoin to overtake paypal in 2014
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Old 05-27-2014, 03:47 AM  
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Originally Posted by srockhard View Post
It says "Bitcoin to pass PayPal in USD transaction volume" ...does that mean the total number of transactions or the value volume? I could see number of transactions possibly because each little chunk off the block chain probably qualifies as a transaction in Bitcoin terms. Kind of a fucked up comparison because they aren't really related in anyway. Kind of like saying that Paintball has overtaken Hunting which it has.
Exactly. They did it for shock value, publicity stunt. Pretty stupid, unhrelated comparison.
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