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Is that…a stock photo of code?

    /**
     * Creates a new demo.
     * @param o The object to demo
     */
    public Demo(Object o) {
        this.o = o;
        String s = CONSTANT;
        int i = 1;
    }
That aside, this is basically a good idea with laughably poor execution. Other comments have addressed that it’s centralised and non-anonymous, can be double-spent, is not fault-tolerant, and (perhaps worst of all) is a fiat currency without fixed supply. There could indeed be a superior alternative to Bitcoin, just waiting to make the leap into the mainstream—but this is not it.


It's a new digital means to transfer canadian dollars. It's not a new currency.

Pretty much everything after that java snippet is incorrect in your post.


I know it’s not a new currency. The post title reads “…a new alternative to BitCoin”, which MintChip is not. It’s more like Google Wallet.




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