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Weblog and Essays Let's Clear Up One Confusion About Bitcoin November 3, 2017 If bitcoin can be converted into fiat currencies at a lower transaction cost than the fiat-to-fiat conversions made by banks and credit card companies, it's a superior means of exchange. One of the most common comments I hear from bitcoin skeptics goes something like this:Bitcoin isn't real money until I can buy a cup of coffee with it. In other words, bitcoin fails the first of the two core tests of "money": that it is a means of exchange and a store of value. The confusion here is the same one that plagues the conventional understanding of the foreign exchange markets: people confuse exchange and convertibility, which are both flows, i.e. transactions. Here's an illustration of the difference. Let's say Hipster Coffee Bar accepts payment in bitcoin (BTC) for a cup of coffee. The Hipster Coffee Bar branch in Mexico converts the BTC into pesos, the branch in Thailand converts the BTC into baht, and so on around the world.

Chine Il arrive que des titres de chapitres à eux-seuls vous disent tout un monde. C'est le cas pour ce livre étonnant, dont l'intitulé de la première partie ouvre même sur deux univers. « Pourquoi tant de croix dans vos musées ? ». Oui, pourquoi tant de vierges et de crucifix peuplent-ils les chefs d'œuvre de la peinture occidentale, s'interroge un érudit professeur chinois. Wu Hongmiao est le doyen du département de français de l'université de Wuhan. Et il s'adresse à une philosophe de formation, Christine Cayol, créatrice à Pékin de Yishu 8, une sorte de villa Médicis chinoise. Ce livre n'est pas le premier à s'attaquer aux différences culturelles séparant les mondes chinois et occidental. Le Chinois et la Française se sont posés devant une vingtaine de grands tableaux, de Giotto à Picasso, en passant par Rembrandt et Vélasquez. Devant une image de la parabole de la brebis égarée, M. A quoi pensent les Chinois en regardant Mona Lisa ?

Vincent Wong and Yoyo Chen Make Out for 72 Hours | JayneStars.com 21share 3share Since Vincent Wong (王浩信)and Yoyo Chen (陳自瑤)were photographed kissing by the poolside in their Tseung Kwan O apartment in 2009, TVB allegedly were dissatisfied with the pair high-profile relationship. Dating for three years, 29-year-old Yoyo Chen and 27-year-old Vincent Wong were a passionate couple. Exhibiting Passionate Love The paparazzi glimpsed into the passionate lives of Vincent and Yoyo by observing them in their Tseung Kwan O apartment. Day 1: May 24th Dating for three years, Vincent and Yoyo have lived together for two years. Day 2: May 25th When the sky turned dark at 7 PM, Yoyo kissed Vincent fiercely. Day 3: May 27th At 6 PM, Vincent and Yoyo appeared before the window. Denying Living Together Returning to TVB to film Happy House, Hidden Dragon on June 1st, Yoyo denied that she was living together with Vincent. Vincent replied, “Living together? Excerpt from Face Magazine #211 JayneStars Media LLC reserves all copyrights. Tags: Vincent Wong Ho Shun, Yoyo Chen Chi Yiu

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Jesse's Café Américain La France en Chine Blog di Beppe Grillo The Diplomat Magazine China has made dramatic economic progress during the last five years, weathering the global financial crisis and becoming the world’s largest exporter and second largest economy, surpassing Japan. By James A. Dorn for The Diplomat November 29, 2013 Facebook0 Twitter0 Google+0 LinkedIn0 China has made dramatic economic progress during the last five years, weathering the global financial crisis and becoming the world’s largest exporter and second largest economy, surpassing Japan. China’s authoritarian development model appears robust, generating high real growth year after year. The flaws in China’s development model will become increasingly evident as inflationary pressures build, differences in rural-urban living standards mount, a growing middle class demands an end to censorship, capital controls narrowly limit investment alternatives, land rights are strictly curtailed, and freedom of movement is infringed upon by a draconian internal passport system. James A.

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