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		drivebyacct2 on June 29, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Coinbase (YC S12) seeks to bring Bitcoin to the ma... Quick Google, sorry it's easier than me offering an incomplete explanation: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3730019/why-not-use-doubl... And I really don't mean to pick on you, but that this isn't better known is why I worry when I see random sites popup offering financial services.

esbwhat on June 29, 2012 [–]

That's okay. I don't think I'm really representative anyway, as I'm not a professional/schooled programmer. Thanks for the link, I did try googling it myself but I didn't think to use the word "currency" so I just got a bunch of irrelevant results.

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