Bitcoin: the bar of millionaires

In the Berlin Room77, frightened speculators meet with left Blockchain idealists. Who was rich with Bitcoin? With beer and burgers, this remains hidden.

Bitcoin: the bar of millionaires
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  • Page 1 — millionaires ' bar
  • Page 2 — a new generation of entrepreneurs
  • Page 3 — The hype gives idealists a lot of money
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    When beer and Best fucking burger intown are ordered, Harry Rehlmann still has a strategy recommendation: Manmuss ask: do I invest idealistic in a certain coin or do I spread broadly and make more profit? he says. Rehlmann sits on an old green sofa in bar Room77, next to him squat a handful of men an women. They all listen attentively, some nod.

    Rehlmann does not have to explain that 57-year-old with coins Kryptowährungenwie bitcoin or Ereum, whose price development is now stirring up world-wide financial scene. Every erstenDonnerstag a month in bar with colourful B as logo dieBitcoin community. This evening in January re are about 100 guests. The fact that Room77 in Kreuzberg is etablierthat as a meeting point is no coincidence. Those who order burgers and beer here do not need EC-Karteoder cash. It can also be paid simply with Bitcoin, and already since 2011. For a while re were sogareinen bitcoin ATMs.

    Rehlmann is actually an electrician – and yes, he owns bitcoin. But in contrast to most owners, y did not buy on internet, but y even dig for currency. The man with white stubble beard is a so-called miner. It provides Rechnerleistungzur with his computer via Internet and helps to ensure that Bitcoin transactions are verified and stored in a logbook. "It's not that complicated: DerRechner just stands re and works whole day," he says.

    The database on which all transactions hinterlegtsind at end is called Blockchain. Without m, Bitcoin would be in Finanzverkehrunbrauchbar, since re is no bank that orwise carries out and monitors transactions. Blockchain technology is a decentralized system, without direct influence of state institutions or banks.

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    That's what Rehlmann like. "At last re is a currency that cannot be influenced by politicians," he says. Because he makes his computer available, Bitcoin protocol automatically rewards him with fractions of a Bitcoin – which creates new Kryptogeld. On special exchanges, Rehlmann can Anteileverkaufen its own.

    In meantime, computational tasks are so complex and derStromverbrauch so large that mining is not mehrlohnt for private users. Instead, in or countries where electricity is favorable, riesigeHallen with computer walls to generate Bitcoin on a large scale. Rehlmann Schürfttrotzdem continues at home. "Of course I won't be rich with that. Sydney more a hobby: as an electrician I generally have an interest in neuenTechnologien, "he says. Per day he earns about 15 to 35 dollars – and Dieskeptischen looks of his wife because computer is in kitchen.

    Nobody talks about new cars

    As different as people are in Room77 this evening, one unites m: interest in Bitcoin. Or bar, an English-speaking man talks to a woman and tells her how Ihmeinmal lots of fucking money went through rag. The audience is typical of a shop in a alternativenStadtteil, many wear T-shirts and jeans, order cheap beer, but also einAnzugträger is re. You don't have to be a mamatician to understand Enablesa among people here are probably several millionaires. 2011, price of a bitcoin was three dollars. Those who invested Damalsein little money today have a lot of money. But this evening redetniemand over bought cars or apartments.

    Date Of Update: 19 January 2018, 12:02
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