After the thrilling success of Reddit’s big Bitcoin bash, it’s no secret that the bitcoin economy is paper thin. Nevertheless, the Humble Indie Bundle was harassed enough by Reddit to decide to accept Bitcoins as payment. This was heralded as a “wonderful achievement” by the community and just more proof that Bitcoin’s economy was as strong as ever.
So how did they do? Not so well, actually.
A whopping 1/10th of a percent of sales. At least they were generous with their internet fun bux.
Twitter user @spyshake tweeted out this picture today. Admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery and we’re thrilled you’ve started on this journey.
It’s big news by now; the Magic: the Gathering Online eXchange (Mt. Gox) has had assets seized by ICE (a division of the DHS) due to flagrantly violating the law. This made the internet angry. Well, maybe not the whole internet, but enough of it is upset to give us something to point and laugh at.
Let’s get this party started by calling people Hitler:
I KNEW IT! DHS starts seizing bank accounts of BitCoin operators ala the 3rd Reich. TYRANNY!!! http://t.co/MG3zsam3rr