A Bitcoin Evening

March 12th, 2013: Andy's on his way home from work, having just put in a long day at the office. Spirits are up, however, because it's payday. Just in time, too; the Bitcoin account was getting a little low. He stops at the bank and wires $200 to ExchangeBitcoins to replenish the coffers for the month.

A few minutes later, he pulls his sapphire-blue '09 Accord into driveway, turns it off, and heads inside. After a quick hello to his wife and a hug from his kids, he cracks open his laptop and logs into the exchange. He sighs to himself as he clicks the "buy" button, "not like the good ol' days!" The account balance updates: 1.2 BTC.

Tommy, Andy's ten year-old, takes after his father. He was always good with technology and even better at gaming.

"Dad, can I have some Bitcoins for the HALO tournament? It's only 35 millicoins! Can I, please? I promise I'll win!"

Half sure that his son probably would win, he opens his Bitcoin address book, clicks his son's name, enters "35," selects "milli" and clicks "send."

"There ya go, kid. Now go show those Koreans how it's done!"

Tommy skips out of the room with a smile on his face. Dad, however, has some other business to take care of. Last week he had posted an ad on a forum for Bitcoin-accepting artists, looking for a new logo for his business cards. "Willing to pay 80 millicoins for good work!" it read. An artist in Spain saw the ad and made him a logo, which he just received in his email today. Thrilled with the results, Andy clicks "reply" on his Bitcoin-enchanced email client:

Felix,

Your logo looks fantastic - it's exactly what I was hoping for! I'm paying you right now.

Thanks Again,

Andy

He selects the "pay" icon, types in "80," selects "milli," and clicks "send." The client automatically associates Felix's Bitcoin address with his email address, and the blockchain is notified of the transaction.

"Better pay Doug back for lunch," he reminds himself. Just like with Felix, he composes an email to Doug:

Doug,

Thanks for covering me at lunch. Here's my half. See you tomorrow!

Andy

Andy enters $11.50 USD into the pay field. The client grabs the latest exchange rate from ExchangeBitcoins, and shows him that he owes Doug 87 millicoins. He clicks "send" and off they go.

After a wonderful dinner of apple-stuffed pork chops, Andy, being an economy buff, surfs over to his favourite blog, ZeroHedge, to read the latest news. The news indeed, as that's all there is on the page - all of the advertisements have disappeared. Since the beginning of the year, ZeroHedge has been able to cover all of its expenses, and then some, on Bitcoin donations alone. After an hour, Andy gets his fill, enters 1 mBTC into the tipping application at the top of his browser and clicks send. Unbeknownst to Andy, over a thousand readers have done the same thing in the last hour.

Yawning, Andy just about closes the lid on the laptop when his wife shouts, "Andy, are you coming to bed soon? Don't forget about Sandra's birthday, she's turning eight, you know."

"Thanks honey, I'll send her a little something!" Andy loads up BitcoinBirthdayCards.com and finds a funny one with a picture of a kitten scratching records. He frowns as he reads the caption, "Have a Mew-sical Birthday!"

"I guess an eight-year old will find that funny," he decides, as he adds 10 centicoins to the card which are automatically sent from his Bitcoin wallet.

"Thank goodness for Bitcoin," Andy thinks to himself as he heads to bed, "but I bet that 10,000 Bitcoin pizza guy is still kicking himself."

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