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		SeanLuke on June 19, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 500k Bitcoins traded in 1h, Mt.Gox market hacked +... Wait. The effective exchange for bitcoins worldwide is using PHP internally? People are actually trusting this with thousands of dollars in cash?

fredoliveira on June 19, 2011 | [–]

I'm not even much of a PHP fan, but it seems like you're unaware of what most people use. Including financial institutions.

Ixiaus on June 19, 2011 | [–]

Haha. I came from PHP and won't ever go back, but, you would be surprised what people use PHP for.

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