BitCoin Card To Launch In 2 Months, Says BitInstant

hypnosec writes "Charlie Shrem, co-founder of BitInstant LLC, has confirmed that a BitCoin-funded international debit/credit card should be available very soon. Giving a time frame of 6-8 weeks, Shrem said over an IRC chat session that the card will function like any other credit or debit card, and that it can be used at places where MasterCard is being accepted. Shrem has also said that the initial 1000-odd cards will be given for free and subsequent cards will carry a charge of around $10. Any transaction that is carried out through the card [will incur a] 1% BitCoin transfer fee on top of the $1.50 ATM withdrawal fee."

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Re:Dreading the Day

[Kjella]

Also called 3.43 microBTC (of course slashdot doesn't support the mu sign, not like a nerdy site could need that). Probably around the same time Intel introduce their 0.000000008m processors.