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Enraged Bitcoin Fans Smash iPhones Over Apple Snub

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The bitcoin community isn’t too happy about Apple banning the last available bitcoin wallet from its App Store. Many of those who truly believe in the digital currency are now smashing their iPhones in protest of Apple’s policy — and in the hopes of winning a free Android phone.

These rather amusing protests show just how much bitcoin means to the true believers, but it also highlights the tension between these zealots and the everyday world. Apple’s ban may be a response to uncertainty over how government regulators will treat the digital currency.

Apple banned the popular Blockchain wallet yesterday, and the protest started very early this morning when, on the popular discussion site reddit, someone named “round-peg” promised to hand out Nexus 5 phones to people who posted videos of themselves smashing working iPhones — one phone for every 100 up-votes on the site. The post was quickly up-voted to the front of reddit, and then removed, apparently for violating reddit’s policy, which prohibits reddit vote manipulation.

The first person to do it was Jeremy — a missionary on furlough from Argentina, who asked that we not use his last name. He smashed his iPhone with a steel bar, whispering as he did it because it was the middle of the night, and he didn’t want to wake up his wife and kids. “Go bitcoin. Down with Apple,” he says after obliterating the device:

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What's bitcoin? Wasn't that on some kind of TV show? The something Wife or another on NBC.
 
Is this some kind of fiat currency you win in a game (like world of warcraft) or or some kind of online community, something along those lines?
 
So they destroy the device because they don't like a move the manufacturer made? The human capacity for stupidity never ceases to amaze me.
 
ardchoille42 said:
So they destroy the device because they don't like a move the manufacturer made? The human capacity for stupidity never ceases to amaze me.
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Right? And you know a lot of then will eventually just get another iPhone. Lol
 
cynics said:
Right? And you know a lot of then will eventually just get another iPhone. Lol
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Yeah, and then smash that one the next time they disagree with something Apple does. Some people lack the ability to learn from their mistakes.
 
Bitcoins are stupid as ******* go get a life people you do not need that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry for you people that like BITS*** why do you do this instead of selling the phone and getting another type of phone!!!!!!!!!!?
 
Not sure what these idiotic videos will prove or accomplish. I'm worried about the human race. seriously.
 
Bitcoin = a really, really stupid digital currency with a value only in its anonymity. For most people there is roughly zero reason to give a toss about it, and I feel like these idiots are throwing temper tantrums because they want to pretend they're being revolutionaries as opposed to actually caring about currency.
 
NewbieCanada said:
Or a tinfoil hat. ;)

For my part, although I've heard of bitcoin, I really don't understand it.
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Understanding it is another matter altogether. Either way, it's an interesting idea and I fully support the people involved with it and the ideas behind it.
 
SomeGuyDude said:
Bitcoin = a really, really stupid digital currency with a value only in its anonymity. For most people there is roughly zero reason to give a toss about it, and I feel like these idiots are throwing temper tantrums because they want to pretend they're being revolutionaries as opposed to actually caring about currency.
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So how do you earn this money?
 
bigjnyc said:
you go mining for it on the internet. Stupidest thing I've ever heard and I hope the government puts the kibash on these idiots quickly.
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I don't care about bitcoin myself, but curious as to why you hope the government 'puts the kibosh' on it? Is it harmful to the global economy in some way?
 
JackieInCo said:
I've never been to a site that ever mentioned this stuff so I'm not going to start now.
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It has been mentioned on Macrumors several times(a site you apparently visit). WSJ has had articles about it. It has been written about several times on Forbes.
 
T5BRICK said:
It has been mentioned on Macrumors several times(a site you apparently visit). WSJ has had articles about it. It has been written about several times on Forbes.
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Well I don't read WSJ or Forbes and yes, I visit this site but I don't read everything posted here, only what sounds interesting.
 
bigjnyc said:
you go mining for it on the internet. Stupidest thing I've ever heard and I hope the government puts the kibash on these idiots quickly.
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Yes, because what we really need is more government intrusion in our lives.
You do realize government doesn't solve problems right?

Not saying these people aren't stupid. However it is their iPhones and they are getting exactly what they want, attention.
 
In all honesty.. it's kind of dumb. It would have been great if these people sold their iPhones and and used all the money to donate to some starving children or families. You shot a phone? What a hero.

The whole production is almost as useless as people wanting the 16 trillion dollar in debt government to shutdown Bitcoin because they like it when Americans have to pay interest on their own money back to the Fed.
 
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