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How do you know how much a product costs in Bitcoins?

When paying with Bitcoins how does that affect the price of the service or item? For example If I buy something that costs 20 CAD using Bitcoins and the exchange rate is 1 CAD = 0.01 BTC does that ...
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Simplest way of obtaining MtGox exchange rate via an API?

I want to do a simple app that refreshes every minute to tell me the current exchange rate by Mtgox but I have a problem interpreting the JSON that some APIs return: Mtgox's fast ticker returns this ...
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When purchasing an item through BitPay, how do their exchange rates compare with the market exchange rates?

BitPay allows merchants to price their products in USD, and receive USD when a customer pays using Bitcoin. The exchange rate used at the time of purchase is calculated somehow by BitPay, but their ...
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BTC/USD exchange rate data hitory [duplicate]

I have looking for exchange rate data history between bitcoin and USD beginning 2010 without success. It is for academical research. I tried Bitchart.org and I don't know how to access MtGox API for ...
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How does Ripple decide on the exchange rate between different currencies?

When A pays in USD but B receives EUR, how exactly does Ripple decide on the EUR/USD exchange rate?
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How much does an online store that sells in multiple currencies need to know about exchange rates?

Please take the title with a grain of salt. I couldn't make it short and also implying all that I am about to ask here. Consider Yen devaluation. Forex traders constantly buy USD and sell JPY, or ...
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Calculating the current price of 1 BTC?

I am planning to get into BTC as I have some PC with xfire (7970's) laying around here and I am currently trying to learn more about it; what I would like to first understand is BTC pricing to make ...
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Is anyone taking advantage of different prices across exchanges?

Say I have funds on two exchanges. Whenever the price of bitcoin is higher on the first one, I sell on that one and buy on the other one. Is anyone doing this or has a program that does this? Is it ...
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Has anyone here used bitcoins to swap dollars for pesos in Argentina?

I've seen some chatter online about using bitcoins as a workaround for Argentinian currency controls (see below) and I'd like to speak to people who have actually done that, whether it means ...
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How does Ripple decide which offer to fulfil if they offer the same rate?

If two offers have the same exchange rate, how does Ripple decide which one to fulfil first?
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Is Ripple's trade history recorded?

Currently there isn't a graph of the ripple trade values. I'd like to know if each trade is recorded in the Ripple's equivalent of the blockchain, so that if in future someone wants to build such ...
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What and where is the easiest way to convert bitcoin back to cash without showing ID?

so im thinking about purchasing a big bitcoin miner, but the question now is how do i convert my BTC back to cash? I don't feel safe giving out my info to mtgox or other exchanges as they require ...
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Can a bitcoin bank solve the problem of intensive value fluctuation caused by hoarding?

Let's assume a bank dealing in bitcoins is not any central of government bank that could control the money supply. Instead, let's say there was a bank where the people would deposit money at some ...