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On 5/16/2015 1:35 PM, Owen Gunden wrote:
> There are alternatives that still use bitcoin as the unit of value,
> such as sidechains, offchain, etc. To say that these are "not bitcoin"
> is misleading.


Is it?  Nobody thinks "euro accepted" implies Visa is ok, even though
Visa is just a bunch of extra protocol surrounding an eventual bank depos=
it.