London Scene Roundup: Christmas Crypto, Sex, Satoshi and VoyeurCoin
Market trader Fred Smith, a stallholder at Smithfield Market on the edge of Shoreditch, announces SproutCoin for the Christmas season. The first Christmas cryptocurrency. Fred states: “People in the UK eat 3.4 bln Brussel sprouts during Christmas and there is a lot of potential with cryptocurrencies, so I thought let’s have SproutCoin, which I think will generate a lot of interest...” According to Wiki, the Brussel sprout is a member of the Gemmifera Group of cabbages (Brassica oleracea) grown for its edible buds – called sprouts, and universally hated by children. Thanks, Fred, you could....
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