Feathercoin mentioned in the Telegraph : Spoiler text

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[b]How to get your virtual hands on some bitcoins : Wednesday 15 January 2014[/b]

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[b]Re: Bittylicious[/b]

The site promises that transactions will complete in two hours, or it will refund your money. It also supports rival but similar crypto-currencies FeatherCoins and Litecoins. There are dozens of bitcoin competitors although none have gained the same amount of traction. I tried it this week and my 0.01BTC came through within minutes at a cost of £5.60.

Marc Warne, the founder of Bittylicious, admits that his service is not always the cheapest, but avoids the costly and complex international bank transfers which some services demand, and which can make buying small amounts prohibitive.

“A lot of people do use it to invest, they’ve heard about it and they think it’s a good idea and it’s going to go up. A fair amount of people, myself included, do use it for real things. I pay my accountant with it,” he said.

“I think, long-term, definitely it’ll go up. Short-term, it could go in any direction. I think you must be long-term because it’s just that much more volatile, but I genuinely think it’s got a future.

“Nobody knows what’s next when it comes to bitcoins, that’s the joy of it. The way it works is quite weird, although fundamentally it’s digital cash and everyone can understand that,” he said.

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